Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from the Past - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226116182 ISBN 13 : 9780226116181

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2003

Synopsis

The rise in life expectancies and retirement rates in the 20th century has had dramatic impacts. Forecasting future trends in health and retirement rates, as we must do now, requires that we investigate underlying long-term trends and their causes. To that end, this book draws on new data - an extensive longitudinal survey of Union Army veterans who were born between 1820 and 1850 - to examine the factors that affected health and labour force participation in 19th-century America. Contributors consider the impacts of social class, wealth, occupation, family and community on morbidity and mortality. Special topics include investigations of the influence of previous exposure to infectious disease, migration and community factors such as lead in water mains. The papers also analyze the roles of income, health and social class in retirement decisions, paying particular attention to the social context of disability. Economists and historians who specialize in demography or labour, as well as those who study public health, should welcome the unique contributions offered by this book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dora L. Costa is professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles; associate director of the California Population Research Center; and a research associate and director of the Cohort Studies Working Group at the NBER.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226116182
• ISBN 13: 9780226116181
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 359
• Éditeur: Costa Dora L.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible