Demography and Retirement: The Twenty-First Century

Ann Rappaport

ISBN 10: 0275942481 / ISBN 13: 9780275942489

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1993

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This contributed volume provides a broad-based and in-depth exploration of demographic and related issues facing American society as it anticipates the retirement of the so-called baby boomers. The work provides a critical examination of the population and labor force projections most commonly used in discussions of retirement in the next century; looks at issues relating to the health and age structure of the population, examining those issues in the context of support mechanisms for retirement income security; and considers the potential lessons to be learned from the experiences of other industrialized societies in dealing with an aging population.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Demography and Retirement: The Twenty-First Century
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275942481
• ISBN 13: 9780275942489
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This contributed volume provides a broad-based and in-depth exploration of demographic and related issues facing American society as it anticipates the retirement of the so-called baby boomers. The work provides a critical examination of the population and labor force projections most commonly used in discussions of retirement in the next century; looks at issues relating to the health and age structure of the population, examining those issues in the context of support mechanisms for retirement income security; and considers the potential lessons to be learned from the experiences of other industrialized societies in dealing with an aging population.

About the Author

ANNA M. RAPPAPORT is Managing Director of William M. Mercer, Inc., and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. She is a consultant to major employers on retirement benefits and the author of numerous journal articles.

SYLVESTER J. SCHIEBER is a Vice President of The Wyatt Company and Director of its Research and Information Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Schieber is the author of two books, Retirement Income Opportunities in an Aging America: Coverage and Benefit Entitlement and Social Security: Perspectives on Preserving the System, and a number of journal articles and policy analysis papers.