Aging and old age
This study offers insight into a range of social and political issues relating to the elderly, such as health care, crime, social security and discrimination. It examines the social and economic status of the elderly in the United States in order to explore how and why their influence has changed.
Print Book, English, 1995
University of Chicago, Chicago and London, 1995
VII, 375 p. ; 24 cm
9780226675664, 0226675661
911291501
Introduction Pt. 1: Aging and Old Age as Social, Biological, and Economic Phenomena 1: What Is Aging, and Why? 2: Old Age Past, Present, and Future 3: A Human-Capital Model of Aging 4: An Economic Model of Aging with Change Assumed Pt. 2: The Economic Theory Elaborated and Applied 5: The Economic Psychology of the Old 6: Behavioral Correlates of Age 7: Age, Creativity, and Output 8: Adjudication and Old Age 9: The Status of the Old and the Aging of Institutions Pt. 3: Normative Issues 10: Euthanasia and Geronticide 11: Social Security and Health 12: Legal Issues of Aging and Old Age: A Sampler 13: Age Discrimination by Employers and the Issue of Mandatory Retirement Index