Elderly entrepreneurship in an aging US economy : it's never too late / Ting Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Ting, 1978-

Series:

Series on economic development and growth ; v. 2.

Series on economic development and growth ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Employment--United States.

Older people.

Self-employed--United States.

Self-employed.

Entrepreneurship--United States.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of elderly entrepreneurship and its potential impact on labor, Social Security funds and regional economic growth is of significant importance, particularly for the US economy where population aging coincidentally intersects with the economic shift to a "knowledge economy". On the one hand, aging, combined with a declining average retirement age, is expected to result in labor force shortages and Social Security fund exhaustion; yet on the other hand, the "knowledge economy" could elevate the value of elderly human capital as the "knowledge economy" is less physically demanding and m

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Aging. 2. Socioeconomic background: aging population, resulted labor and fiscal crises, and the possible solutions

pt. 3. Why elderly entrepreneurship? 3. Elderly entrepreneurship to sustain the labor force: possibilities and necessities

pt. 4. Literature and theories on elderly entrepreneurship. 4. Literature review: previous studies. 5. Theoretical framework

pt. 5. Entrepreneurship of seniors? 6. Age and entrepreneurship. 7. Social and policy factors for elderly entrepreneurship

pt. 6. Regional dynamics of elderly entrepreneurship. 8. Regional distribution of elderly entrepreneurship. 9. The impact of elderly entrepreneurship on metropolitan economic growth

pt. 7. Elderly entrepreneurship to mitigate labor and fiscal crises. 10. The labor and social security impacts of elderly entrepreneurship

pt. 8. Conclusion. 11. Conclusion and future research

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.

ISBN:

9789812814500

9812814507

OCLC:

825768157