International handbook of population aging / Peter Uhlenberg, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Uhlenberg, Peter.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

International handbooks of population ; v. 1.

International handbooks of population ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population aging.

Age distribution (Demography).

Older people--Social conditions--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Older people.

Older people--Social conditions.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xi, 769 pages ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Dordrecht] : Springer, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Uhlenberg

Pt I. Overview. 1. Why populations age / Joshua Goldstein

2. Data sources for studying aging / Markus H. Schafer & Kenneth F. Ferraro

3. Global Population Aging: History and Prospects / Donald T. Rowland

Pt II. Aging Populations. 4. Population Ageing in Italy and Southern Europe / Cecilia Tomassini & Giovanni Lamura

5. Demography of Aging in the Nordic Countries / Gerdt Sundstrom

6. Rapidly Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe / Natalia Gavrilova & Leonid A. Gavrilov

7. Rapid Population Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers in Japan / Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura & Maliki

8. Population Aging in China / Feinian Chen & Guangya Liu

9. Population Aging in the Koreas / Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Mary Ann Davis

10. Population Aging in Canada and the United States / Tracey LaPierre & Mary Elizabeth Hughes

11. Aging in Mexico and Latin America / Rebeca Wong & Alberto Palloni

12. Aging in West Africa / Isabella Aboderin

13. Demography of Aging in Arab Countries / Kathryn M. Yount & Abla Sibai

Pt III. Migration and Aging. 14. Geographic Mobility and Aging in Place / Don E. Bradley & Charles F. Longino

15. International Retirement Migration / Tony (A.M.) Warnes

16. Immigrants and Aging /Judith Treas & Jeane Batalova

17. Replacement Migration / Charles B. Keely

Pt IV. Population Aging and Economic Issues. 18. Public pension programs Social Security / Diane M. Watts-Roy & John B. Williamson

19. Private pensions in International Perspective / Angela M. O'Rand, Donald Ebel & Katelin Isaacs

20. Employment at Older Ages / Sara E. Rix

21. Population Retirement Patterns / David J. Ekerdt

22. Income Inequality in Later Life / Melissa Hardy

Pt V. Population Aging, Longevity, and Health. 23. Mortality Patterns in Late Life / Robert A. Hummer ... [et al.]

24. Active Life Expectancy: A Central Measure of Population Health / Sarah B. Laditka & James N. Laditka

25. Demography of Disability / Scott M. Lynch, J.Scott Brown & Miles G. Taylor

26. Social Class, Health and Longevity / Pamela Herd

Pt VI. Health Care and Aging. 27. Population Aging and Health Care Policy in Cross-National Perspective / Stephen Crystal & Michele J. Siegel

28. Health Care Expenditures / Edward C. Norton & Sally C. Stearns

29. Demography of Informal Caregiving / Emily Agree & Karen Glaser

Pt VII. Population Aging and Social Relationships. 30. Childless Old Age / Pearl A. Dykstra

31. Marital History and Well-Being in Later Life / Linda J. Waite

32. Gender, Aging, and Widowhood / Deborah Carr & Susan Bodnar-Deren

Pt VIII. Future of Aging. 36. Future of Human Longevity / S. Jay Olshansky & Bruce A. Carnes

37. Experience, Social Structure and Later Life: Meaning and Old Age in an Aging Society / Dale Dannefer & Robin Shura.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781402083556

1402083556

OCLC:

390135418

Publisher Number:

99934864018