Demography of aging / Linda G. Martin and Samuel H. Preston, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Linda G., 1947-

Preston, Samuel H.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Demography.

Retirement.

Older people--Health and hygiene.

Physical Description:

x, 411 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters, written by experts from a variety of disciplines, highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major policy implications for labor forces, economic well-being, health care, and the need for social and family supports.

Contents:

Introduction / Samuel H. Preston and Linda G. Martin

The formal demography of population aging, transfers, and the economic life cycle / Ronald D. Lee

Retirement and labor force behavior of the elderly / Joseph F. Quinn and Richard V. Burkhauser

Income, wealth, and intergenerational economic relations of the aged / Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Timothy M. Smeeding

The elderly and their kin : patterns of availability and access / Douglas A. Wolf

Care of the elderly : division of labor among the family, market, and state / Beth J. Soldo and Vicki A. Freedman

Medical demography : interaction of disability dynamics and mortality / Kenneth G. Manton and Eric Stallard

Socioeconomic differences in adult mortality and health status / Samuel H. Preston and Paul Taubman

Geographic concentration, migration, and population redistribution among the elderly / Frank D. Bean, George C. Myers, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Omer R. Galle

Research on the demography of aging in developing countries / Linda G. Martin and Kevin Kinsella.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610193592

9781280193590

128019359X

9780309552554

0309552559

9780585039480

0585039488

OCLC:

814271735