The Evolution of Retirement
An American Economic History, 1880-1990 (National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Dev)
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Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100226116093
- ISBN-139780226116099
- Goodreads1242216
- LibraryThing1772474
- OCLC Control Number175175486
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- Better World Books9780226116099
- Open LibraryOL7415916M
Classifications
- DDC306.3/8/0973
- LCCHQ1063.2.U6 C7 1998
Description
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 explains trends in retirement data. Her examination 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. She concludes with a look into the future and further evolution of retirement, addressing perhaps the most vexing problem of retirement policy, the impact of the aging Baby Boom generation on the Social Security System.
First Sentence
Not only are more men living past age sixty-five in America today than ever before, but American men have also been abandoning the labor force at ever younger ages.
Excerpt
Not only are more men living past age sixty-five in America today than ever before, but American men have also been abandoning the labor force at ever younger ages.
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