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Demography of aging /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.