The Economics of Individual and Population Aging (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) - Softcover

Clark, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521297028 ISBN 13: 9780521297028

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. In addition, the study surveys and assess the existing knowledge - including research by scholars of many countries and different fields in the social sciences - of the economic and social problems associated with ageing. Although the study covers a wide range of issues, it focuses primarily on the economic complexities of individual ageing and the macro-economic problems that arise from age-structure changes in the population. The authors, giving examples from many countries, trace the development of concern for population ageing and examine theoretical concepts and changing demographic conditions. Cross-national econometric studies are cited along with time series and cross-sectional research on individual countries. In assessing the state of the literature on the economic problems of ageing, the authors have attempted to indicate fruitful avenues for further research.

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Book Description:

This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. In addition, the study surveys and assess the existing knowledge of the economic and social problems associated with ageing. It focuses primarily on the economic complexities of individual ageing and the macro economic problems that arise from age-structure changes in the population.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521297028
• ISBN 13: 9780521297028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220