Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22, 2002: Economic Outcomes in Later Life: Public Policy, Health and Cumulative Advantage

296 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care. Contributors include Angela O'Rand, Edward Wolf, Edward Whitehouse, and James Smith.

• Reihe: Annual Review of Gerontology &
• Themen: Medizin Medizinische Spezialgebiete Geriatrie
• ISBN: 9780826114495
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2003
• Größe: 243 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Herausgegeben von: Dennis Shea, Stephen Crystal