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A comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over 64 has risen drastically. Dora Costa looks at factors underlying this increase and shows the implications of her findings for both the general public and the U.S. government.

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Preface 1: The Problem of Old Age 2: The Evolution of Retirement 3: Income and Retirement 4: Work and Disease 5: The Older Worker 6: Displacing the Family 7: The Rise of the Leisured Class 8: Pensions and Politics 9: Looking to the Future App. A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records References Name Index Subject Index

The Evolution of Retirement An American Economic

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 6/22/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226116082, 978-0226116082
      ISBN10: 0226116085

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A comprehensive economic history of retirement in America. With life expectancies steadily increasing, the retirement rate of men over 64 has risen drastically. Dora Costa looks at factors underlying this increase and shows the implications of her findings for both the general public and the U.S. government.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1: The Problem of Old Age 2: The Evolution of Retirement 3: Income and Retirement 4: Work and Disease 5: The Older Worker 6: Displacing the Family 7: The Rise of the Leisured Class 8: Pensions and Politics 9: Looking to the Future App. A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records References Name Index Subject Index

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