Discoveries in the Economics of Aging /

The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs' overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging of the Baby Boomers is just one part of the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Discoveries in the Economics of Aging (Conference) Carefree, Ariz.)
Otros Autores: Wise, David A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Colección:NBER conference report.
Temas:
Older people > Economic conditions > Research > Congresses.
Older people > Health and hygiene > Research > Congresses.
Well-being > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Economics > Research > Congresses.
Older people.
Aging.
Aged
Socioeconomic Factors
Aging
Health Status
Personnes âgées > Conditions économiques > Recherche > Congrès.
Personnes âgées > Santé et hygiène > Recherche > Congrès.
Bien-être > Aspect économique > Congrès.
Économie politique > Recherche > Congrès.
Personnes âgées.
Vieillissement.
elderly.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economics > Research.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs' overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging of the Baby Boomers is just one part of the rapidly changing landscape of aging in the United States and around the world. The latest volume in the NBER's Economics of Aging series, Discoveries in the Economics of Aging assembles incisive analyses of the most recent research in this expanding field of study. A substantive focus of the volume is the well-documented relationship between health and financial well-being, especially as people age. The contributors explore this issue from a variety of perspectives within the context of the changing demographic landscape. The first part of the volume explores recent trends in health measurement, including the use of alternative measurement indices. Later contributions explore, among other topics, alternate determinants of health, including retirement, marital status, and cohabitation with family, and the potential for innovations, interventions, and public policy to improve health and financial well-being.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 456 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226146126
022614612X
9781306923972
1306923972

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