Frank Denton

Independence and Economic Security in Old Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Frank T. Denton, Deborah Fretz and Byron G.Spencer are members of the Department of Economics at McMasterUniversity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780774807883
• ISBN-10: 0774807881
• Artikelnr.: 40279739

Autorenporträt

Frank T. Denton, Deborah Fretz and Byron G.Spencer are members of the Department of Economics at McMasterUniversity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
 
1. Introduction and Overview / Frank T. Denton, Deborah Fretz,and Byron G.
Spencer
 
Part 1: Population Aging and the Definition of"Old"
2. How Old Is Old? Revising the Definition Based on Life TableCriteria /
Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer
3. The Future Population of Canada and Its Age Distribution /Frank T.
Denton, Christine H. Feaver and Byron G. Spencer
 
Part 2: Family, Health, and Economic Security in LaterLife
4. Independence of Older Persons: Meaning and Determinants /Susan E.
French, Margaret Denton, Amiram Gafni, Anju Joshi, JasonLian, Parminder
Raina, Carolyn J. Rosenthal and Donald J.Willison
5. Changes in Work and Family over the Life Course: Implications
forEconomic Security of Today's and Tomorrow's Older Women /Carolyn J.
Rosenthal, Margaret Denton, Anne Martin-Matthews andSusan E. French
6. Income, Health, Disability, and the Functional Independence ofthe
Elderly / Parminder Raina, Larry W. Chambers, Margaret Denton,Micheline
Wong, Andria Scanlan, Amiram Gafni, Susan E. French, DonaldJ. Willison,
Anju Joshi and Carolyn J. Rosenthal
7. Health, Age, and Financial Preparations for Later Life /Margaret Denton,
Parminder Raina, Jason Lian, Amiram Gafni, AnjuJoshi, Susan E. French,
Carolyn J. Rosenthal and Donald J.Willison
8. Unpaid Time Contributions by Seniors in Canada / Jason Lian,Anju Joshi,
Roberta Robb, Margaret Denton, Amiram Gafni, Carolyn J.Rosenthal and Donald
J. Willison
 
Part 3: Age Patterns of Income, Saving, andExpenditure
9. Cohort, Year, and Age Effects in Canadian Wage Data / John B.Burbidge,
Lonnie Magee and A. Leslie Robb
10. Saving Before and After Retirement: A Study of Canadian Couples,1969-92
/ Xiaofen Lin
11. How Well Does the Consumer Price Index Serve as an Index ofInflation
for Older Age Groups? / Frank T. Denton and Byron G.Spencer
 
Part 4: Retirement and Pension Issues
12. The Economic Consequences of Unexpected Early Retirement /Lynn
McDonald, Peter Donahue and Victor Marshall
13. The Independence and Economic Security of Older Women LivingAlone /
Rebecca Smith, Lonnie Magee, A. Leslie Robb and John B.Burbidge
14. The Poverty of Retired Widows / Lynn McDonald, Peter Donahueand Brooke
Moore
15. The Effect of the Tax-Transfer System on Retirement Savings /Deborah
Fretz and Michael R. Veall
 
Contributors
Index