What you need to know about the economics of growing old (but were afraid to ask) : a provocative reference guide to the economics of aging / edited by Teresa Ghilarducci.
Ghilarducci, Teresa.
2004
HQ1064.U5 W483 2004 (Mapit)
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What you need to know about the economics of growing old (but were afraid to ask) : a provocative reference guide to the economics of aging / edited by Teresa Ghilarducci.
ISBN
9780268029630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0268029636 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2004.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 137 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
HQ1064.U5 W483 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.26
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-133).
Added Author
Ghilarducci, Teresa.
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The status of the elderly
No exit
Quality over quantity
The life expectancy of the elderly
Elderly poverty : higher than you think
Big spenders and gamblers : the elderly in debt
The social security system
Old age and social disability insurance
Paying your dues
Reaping the benefits
Who stands to gain
Redistribution of wealth
The freedom to work act
Growth of beneficiaries vs. contributors
Dependents : mouths to feed
Do the old eat the young?
Exploitation of Mexico
The economic path to old age
Welfare histories, welfare futures?
The implications of welfare dependency
Retirement savings habits
Spend, spend, spend
Debt
Annuities
Private pensions
A bias in 401(k) plans
Thinking ahead
Who's the boss?
Changing social norms
From housewife to single mother
Dependent no more : working women
Living longer
When the elderly work for pay
Church ladies becoming Wal-Mart greeters
Elder work and youth unemployment.

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