| Age And Inequality: Diverse Pathways Through Later Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): O'Rand, Angela (Author), Henretta, John C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813398126 ISBN-13: 9780813398129 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Age and Inequality examines the structural and individual bases of inequality and aging in the United States, especially in recent decades. The interplay of the employment system with public and private social insurance systems operates to structure the shapes of work careers and the patterns of exit from these careers in late adulthood and old age. Aging and retirement in the twenty-first century raise concerns regarding public welfare and market policies affecting labor exits and income support systems over the next half century. With this in mind, O'Rand and Henretta consider the implications of the changing workplace and changing public policies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Series: Social Inequality |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the United States, older populations exhibit the highest levels of economic inequality of all age groups. Across all advanced societies, the inequalities observed in older populations stem from structural and individual processes that differentiate the life courses of women and men and yield distinctive patterns of economic inequality in adulthood and old age. |