Upjohn Research

Title

The Economics of Aging

Authors

Myron H. Ross, Western Michigan University

Year

1985

Abstract

Retirement-related issues are discussed including social security, healthcare, and inflation.

Contents

1. An Overview / Myron H. Ross
2. The Outlook for Social Security in the Wake of the 1983 Amendments / Alicia Munnell
3. The Economics of Aging: Doomsday of Shangrila? / James H. Schulz
4. Retirement Incentives - the Carrot and the Stick: (Why No One Works Beyond 65 Anymore) / Joseph F. Quinn
5. Inflation and the Economic Well-Being of Older Americans / Robert Clark and Daniel Sumner
6. Over the Hill and Under the Weather: Age v. Health / Monroe Berkowitz

Citation

Ross, Myron H., ed. 1985. The Economics of Aging. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880990325 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Retirement and pensions; Retirement decisions