TY  - BOOK
AU  - Costa,Dora L.
TI  - The evolution of retirement: an American economic history, 1880-1990 
T2  - NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
SN  - 9780226116228 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HQ1063.2.U6 C7 1998eb
U1  - 306.3/8/0973 22
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Retirement
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Older people
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Aging
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Social security
KW  - Old age pensions
KW  - Retraite
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Personnes âgées
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Sécurité sociale
KW  - Pensions de vieillesse
KW  - SELF-HELP
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Pensionering
KW  - gtt
KW  - Economische aspecten
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Politique économique
KW  - Politique sociale
KW  - ეკონომიკა აშშ
KW  - სოციალური უზრუნველყოფა აშშ
KW  - ისტორია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes; 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
N2  - 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
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