| The Economics of Individual and Population Aging Contributor(s): Clark, Robert Louis (Author), Spengler, Joseph J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521297028 ISBN-13: 9780521297028 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1980 Annotation: This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Social Science | Sociology - General - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: 301.435 |
| LCCN: 79019495 |
| Series: Urbanization in Developing Countries |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. In addition, the study surveys and assess the existing knowledge - including research by scholars of many countries and different fields in the social sciences - of the economic and social problems associated with ageing. Although the study covers a wide range of issues, it focuses primarily on the economic complexities of individual ageing and the macro-economic problems that arise from age-structure changes in the population. The authors, giving examples from many countries, trace the development of concern for population ageing and examine theoretical concepts and changing demographic conditions. Cross-national econometric studies are cited along with time series and cross-sectional research on individual countries. In assessing the state of the literature on the economic problems of ageing, the authors have attempted to indicate fruitful avenues for further research. |