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Aging, health, and public policy : demographic and economic perspectives

Title
Aging, health, and public policy : demographic and economic perspectives / Linda J. Waite, editor.
Publication
New York : Population Council, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Waite, Linda J.
Description
vii, 265 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Uniform Title
Population and development review.
Subject
  • Age distribution (Demography) > Economic aspects
  • Older people > Health and hygiene
  • Older people > Economic conditions
  • Older people > Social conditions
  • Older people > Government policy > Economic aspects
  • Old age assistance > Forecasting
Note
  • "Population and development review, a supplement to volume 30, 2004."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction -- The Demographic faces of the elderly / Linda J. Waite -- I. History, biology, and disease -- Changes in the process of aging during the twentieth century : findings and procedures of the 'Early indicators' project / Robert William Fogel -- The Biodemography of aging / James W. Vaupel -- From Alzheimer's to a demography of chronic disease : the development of demographic synthesis for fitting multistate models / Douglas Ewbank -- II. Health and socioeconomic status -- Integrating biology into the study of health disparities / Eileen M. Crimmins Teresa E. Seeman -- Unraveling the SES-health connection / James P. Smith -- Socioeconomic status and coronary heart disease : a psychobiological perspective / Andrew Stepoe Michael Marmot -- III. Aging, work, and public policy -- Quantifying our ignorance : stochastic forecasts of population and public budgets / Ronald Lee -- Social Security provisions and the labor force participation of older workers / David A. Wise -- IV. Data and statistics -- Survey design and methology in the Health and Retirement Study and the Wisconsin Longitudial Study / Robert M. Hauser Robert J. Willis -- Epilogue -- Research on pupulation aging at NIA : retrospect and propects / Richard Suzman.
Call Number
JFF 05-2044
OCLC
  • 56924742
  • 61197269
Title
Aging, health, and public policy : demographic and economic perspectives / Linda J. Waite, editor.
Imprint
New York : Population Council, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Waite, Linda J.
Added Title
Population and development review.
Research Call Number
JFF 05-2044
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