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Title Focus on economic outcomes in later life : public policy, health, and cumulative advantage / Stephen Crystal and Dennis Shea ; volume editors ; K. Warner Schaie
Published New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 292) : illustrations
Series Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; v. 22
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics ; v. 22.
Contents Introduction: cumulative advantage, public policy, and inequality in later life / Stephen Crystal and Dennis G. Shea -- Cumulative advantage and gerontological therory / Angela O'Rand -- Income, wealth, and late-life inequality in the United States / Edward Wolff -- Cross-national comparisons of retirement income / Edward Whitehouse and Richard Disney -- Measurement of late-life income and wealth / James Smith -- Gender differences in pension wealth and their impact on late-life inequality / Richard Johnson, Usha Sambamoorthi, and Stephen Crystal -- Human capital and the long-term effects of education on late-life inequality / George Farkas -- Socioeconomic background and midlife health in the United States / Deborah Carr -- Late-life morbidity trajectories and SES / Robert Schoeni and Vicki Freedman, and Robert Wallace -- Saving, public policy, and late-life inequality / Anamaria Lusardi, Jonathan Skinner, and Steven Venti -- The economic future of the baby boom generation / Richard Johnson and Stephen Crystal -- Conclusion: prospects for retirement resources in an aging society / Stephen Crystal and Dennis G. Shea
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aging -- Economic aspects
Old age -- Economic aspects
Aging.
Older people.
Economics.
Aging
Aged
Economics
Aged, 80 and over
Social Justice -- economics
elderly.
economics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Older people
Economics
Aging
Aging -- Economic aspects
Old age -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Crystal, Stephen, 1946-
Shea, Dennis.
Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-
ISBN 9780826113986
0826113982