The evolution of retirement :: an American economic history, 1880-1990 /

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 un...

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Main Author: Costa, Dora L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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 worke.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and indexes.
ISBN:9780226116228
0226116220

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