Issues and Results from Research on the Elderly I: Economic Status (Part I of III Parts) / Michael D. Hurd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurd, Michael D.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3018.

NBER working paper series no. w3018

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Economic conditions.

Older people.

Retirement.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Issues and Results from Research on the Elderly I Economic Status

Issues and Results from Research on the Elderly I

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1989.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989.

Summary:

This is the first part of a three-part paper on research on the elderly. The objective of the paper is to present issues and research results in three areas: economic status, retirement, and consumption and saving. This part covers background material on demographic change, living arrangements, income growth and labor force participation, and research on economic Status. The major areas of research on economic status are: adjustments to observed income to bring it closer to a welfare measure with the objective of understanding whether the elderly are better off than the nonelderly; the distribution of income among the elderly and in particular the extent and causes of the high poverty level of elderly widows; wealth holdings, especially sources of wealth and the importance of public programs.

Notes:

Print version record

June 1989.