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Author Costa, Dora L.

Title The evolution of retirement : an American economic history, 1880-1990 / Dora L. Costa.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and indexes.
Contents The problem of old age -- The evolution of retirement -- Income and retirement -- Work and disease -- The older worker -- Displacing the family -- The rise of the leisured class -- Pensions and politics -- Looking to the future -- Appendix A : Union Army pensions and Civil War records.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Retirement -- United States -- History.
Retirement.
United States.
History.
Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Older people.
Economic conditions.
Older people -- United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Aging -- Government policy -- United States.
Aging -- Government policy.
Aging.
Social security -- United States.
Social security.
Old age pensions -- United States.
Old age pensions.
United States -- Economic policy.
Economic policy.
United States -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Costa, Dora L. Evolution of retirement. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998 0226116085 (DLC) 97029755 (OCoLC)37361705
ISBN 9780226116228 (electronic book)
0226116220 (electronic book)
0226116085 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780226116082

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