The evolution of retirement : an American economic history, 1880-1990 / Dora L. Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costa, Dora L.

Series:

NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.

NBER series on long-term factors in economic development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retirement--United States--History.

Retirement.

Older people--United States--Economic conditions.

Older people.

Older people--United States--Social conditions.

Aging--Government policy--United States.

Aging.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Old age pensions--United States.

Old age pensions.

United States--Economic policy.

United States.

United States--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 1998 Paul A. Samuelson Award given by TIAA-CREF, 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 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. "[Costa's] major contribution is to show that, even without Social Security and Medicare, retirement would have expanded dramatically."-Robert J. Samuelson, New Republic "An important book on a topic which has become popular with historians and is of major significance to politicians and economists."-Margaret Walsh, Business History

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. The Problem of Old Age

2. The Evolution of Retirement

3. Income and Retirement

4. Work and Disease

5. The Older Worker

6. Displacing the Family

7. The Rise of the Leisured Class

8. Pensions and Politics

9. Looking to the Future

Appendix A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430832

9781281430830

1281430838

9780226116228

0226116220

OCLC:

476229484