Government spending on the elderly
By: edited by Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Contributors: Papadimitriou, Dimitri B
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780230500617
Subjects: Older people -- Government policy -- United States; Social security -- United States; Old age assistance -- United States; Older people -- United States -- Social conditions; Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Economic perspectives on aging : an overview; title: European welfare state regimes and their generosity toward the elderly; title: Global demographic trends and provisioning for the future; title: Net government expenditures and the economic well-being of the elderly in the United States, 1989-2001; title: Differing prospects for women and men : young old-age, old old-age, and eldercare; title: Working for a good retirement; title: Net intergenerational transfers from an increase in Social Security benefits; title: The changing role of employer pensions : tax expenditures, costs, and implications for middle-class elderly; title: Retiree health benefit coverage and retirement; title: Population forecasts, fiscal policy, and risk; title: Wage growth and the measurement of Social Security's financial condition; title: The adequacy of retirement resources among the soon-to-retire, 1983-2001; title: Minimum benefits in Social Security