Demography of Aging

As the United States and the rest of the world face the unprecedented challenge of aging populations, this volume draws together for the first time state-of-the-art work from the emerging field of the demography of aging. The nine chapters, written by experts from a variety of disciplines, highlight data sources and research approaches, results, and proposed strategies on a topic with major policy implications for labor forces, economic well-being, health care, and the need for social and family supports.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Introduction2 The Formal Demography of Population Aging, Transfers, and the Economic Life Cycle3 Retirement and Labor Force Behavior of the Elderly4 Income, Wealth, and Intergenerational Economic Relations of the Aged5 The Elderly and Their Kin: Patterns of Availability and Access6 Care of the Elderly: Division of Labor Among the Family, Market, and State7 Medical Demography: Interaction of Disability Dynamics and Mortality8 Socioeconomic Differences in Adult Mortality and Health Status9 Geographic Concentration, Migration, and Population Redistribution Among the Elderly10 Research on the Demography of Aging in Developing CountriesAppendix: Letter to Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging from the Committee on Population, March 2, 1993