Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1B

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1B provides the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, presenting comprehensive portraits of both social and theoretical issues. As the second of two volumes in this series on the economics of population aging, it continues the discussion, delving deeper into topics such as the labor market and human resource issues, gerontology, history, and the sociological and political ramifications of this fascinating topic whose inception dates back to the late 1970's. This volume includes literature that has appeared in general economics journals, in various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues, information from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and data presented in papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. Presents comprehensive portraits of social and theoretical issues that can be used by both policymakers and scholars Readers receive diverse perspectives on subjects that can be closely associated with national and regional concernsChapters offer comprehensive, critical reviews and expositions on the essential aspects of the economics of population aging INDICE: 1 Demographics Globally and Through Time2 Labour Force Participation and the Retirement Decision3 Aging and the Family4 Consumption and Saving5 Decision-making, Markets and Cognitive Decline6 Investment and Portfolio Allocation7 Macroeconomics, Aging and Growth8 Insurance Markets9 Economic Aspects of Occupational Pensions10 The Political Economy of Population Aging11 Migration and Demographic Shift12 Intergenerational Equity and Risk Sharing13 Taxation14 Aging and Poverty15 Social Security and Public Insurance16 The Economics of Health and Long Term (Aged) Care under Demographic Shift17 Population Aging Data Sets and their Analysis

• ISBN: 978-0-444-53840-6
• Editorial: North Holland
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés