The evolution of retirement [[electronic resource] ] : an American economic history, 1880-1990 / / Dora L. Costa

• Autore: Costa Dora L
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/8/0973
• Soggetto topico: Retirement - United States - History; Older people - United States - Economic conditions; Older people - United States - Social conditions; Aging - Government policy - United States; Social security - United States; Old age pensions - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic policy; United States Social policy
• Soggetto non controllato: retirement, labor, employment, aging, masculinity, health, income, work, disease, older workers, elderly, lifestyle, pension, politics, living arrangements, medicare, social security, nonfiction, economics, government, policy, family, leisure, legislation, disability, privatization, funding, finance, money, age discrimination act
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Problem of Old Age -- 2. The Evolution of Retirement -- 3. Income and Retirement -- 4. Work and Disease -- 5. The Older Worker -- 6. Displacing the Family -- 7. The Rise of the Leisured Class -- 8. Pensions and Politics -- 9. Looking to the Future -- Appendix A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of the 1998 Paul A. Samuelson Award given by TIAA-CREF, The Evolution of Retirement is the first comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over age 64 has risen drastically. Dora L. Costa looks at factors underlying this increase and shows the dramatic implications of her findings for both the general public and the U.S. government. Using statistical, and demographic concepts, Costa sheds light on such important topics as rising incomes and retirement, work and disease, the job prospects of older workers, living arrangements of the elderly, the development of a retirement lifestyle, and pensions and politics. "[Costa's] major contribution is to show that, even without Social Security and Medicare, retirement would have expanded dramatically."-Robert J. Samuelson, New Republic "An important book on a topic which has become popular with historians and is of major significance to politicians and economists."-Margaret Walsh, Business History
• Titolo autorizzato: The evolution of retirement
• ISBN: 1-281-43083-8; 9786611430832; 0-226-11622-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784850103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.