Studies in the Economics of Aging.

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Author / Creator:Wise, David.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Description:1 online resource (472 pages).
Language:English
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347171
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ISBN:9780226903316
0226903311
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Summary:Studies in the Economics of Aging is the fourth book in a series from the National Bureau of Economic Research that addresses economic issues in aging and retirement. Building on the research in The Economics of Aging (1989), Issues in the Economics of Aging (1990), and Topics in the Economics of Aging (1992), this volume examines elderly population growth and government spending, life expectancy and health, saving for retirement and housing values, aging in Germany and Taiwan, and the utilization of nursing home and other long-term care.
Other form:9780226902944
Table of Contents:
  • Studies in the Economics of Aging; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Demographic Transition and the Federal Budget; II. Death Rates and Life Expectancy; III. Retirement Saving; IV. Retirement Behavior; V. Demographic Transition and Housing Values; VI. International Comparisons; VII. Long-Term Care; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.