Elderly entrepreneurship in an aging US economy [[electronic resource] ] : it's never too late / / Ting Zhang

• Autore: Zhang Ting <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.1/108460973
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Employment - United States; Self-employed - United States; Entrepreneurship - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Aging. 2. Socioeconomic background: aging population, resulted labor and fiscal crises, and the possible solutions -- pt. 3. Why elderly entrepreneurship? 3. Elderly entrepreneurship to sustain the labor force: possibilities and necessities -- pt. 4. Literature and theories on elderly entrepreneurship. 4. Literature review: previous studies. 5. Theoretical framework -- pt. 5. Entrepreneurship of seniors? 6. Age and entrepreneurship. 7. Social and policy factors for elderly entrepreneurship -- pt. 6. Regional dynamics of elderly entrepreneurship. 8. Regional distribution of elderly entrepreneurship. 9. The impact of elderly entrepreneurship on metropolitan economic growth -- pt. 7. Elderly entrepreneurship to mitigate labor and fiscal crises. 10. The labor and social security impacts of elderly entrepreneurship -- pt. 8. Conclusion. 11. Conclusion and future research
• Sommario/riassunto: The study of elderly entrepreneurship and its potential impact on labor, Social Security funds and regional economic growth is of significant importance, particularly for the US economy where population aging coincidentally intersects with the economic shift to a "knowledge economy". On the one hand, aging, combined with a declining average retirement age, is expected to result in labor force shortages and Social Security fund exhaustion; yet on the other hand, the "knowledge economy" could elevate the value of elderly human capital as the "knowledge economy" is less physically demanding and m
• Titolo autorizzato: Elderly entrepreneurship in an aging US economy
• ISBN: 981-281-450-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778081103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series on economic development and growth ; ; v. 2.