Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 22 (2002): Economic Outcomes in Later Life--Public Policy, Health and Cumulative Advantage
In: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics v.22
Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care. Contributors include Angela O'Rand, Edward Wolf, Edward Whitehouse