The social economics of old age : strategies to maintain income in later life in the Netherlands, 1880-1940 /
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| Author / Creator: | Bulder, E. A. M. (Elles A. M.) |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Thesis Publishers, 1993. |
| Description: | xvi, 281 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Tinbergen Institute research series no. 50 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1510481 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Research objectives and synopsis. 1.2. The demographic transition and the change in the age distribution of the population of the Netherlands. 1.3. The elderly: concepts and definitions. 1.4. The concept of 'strategy'. 1.5. Strategies intended to maintain income in later life
- Ch. 2. Theories concerning the strategies intended to maintain income in later life prior to the creation of the welfare state. 2.1. Labour force participation. 2.2. Saving behaviour; and the old age security and the bequest motive for saving. 2.3. The responsibility assumed by the collectivity. 2.4. The household, the family and the kin-network
- Ch. 3. The strategies intended to maintain income in later life in the Netherlands as reconstructed from national and regional level sources. 3.2. Labour force participation. 3.3. Saving behaviour. 3.4. The role of the collectivity. 3.5. The household, the family and the kin-network
- Ch. 4. Strategies to maintain income as practiced in Winterswijk (1888-1938). 4.2. Winterswijk. 4.3. The Winterswijk cohorts. 4.4. Labour force participation. 4.5. Saving behaviour. 4.6. The collectivity. 4.7. The household, the family and the kin-network. 4.8. Income packaging in Winterswijk
- Ch. 5. Concluding remarks. 5.1. Labour force participation. 5.2. Saving behaviour. 5.3. The collectivity. 5.4. The family. 5.5. Income packaging and the strategies intended to maintain income in later life. Appendix 1 The Netherlands 'Beroepstellingen of 1899-1947'
- Appendix 2 The 'Rijksverzekeringsbank' (now known as the 'Sociale Verzekeringsbank') and the National Insurance Act (1913/19) and the Old Age Security Act (1919)
- Appendix 3 Official guidelines on financial obligations to relatives according to the DIVOA in 1954
- Appendix 4 The Population Register in the Netherlands
- Appendix 5 Income tax records of Winterswijk
- Appendix 6 A boarding contract from Winterswijk in the year 1849
- Appendix 7 Selection and input procedures used on the Population Registers of Limbricht, Scheemda and Winterswijk
- Appendix 8 The determination of the socio-economic status of elderly individuals in Winterswijk and the calculation of adult equivalents
- Appendix 9 Proportional-hazards analysis.