Handbook on Employment and the Elderly

by William H. Crown

Overview

This is a wide-ranging sourcebook filling a gap in the literature about employment policies and programs for older persons. The contributors represent the perspectives of the individual, the employer, and society-at-large. Their essays consider labor force characteristics; historical trends; key features of social security, pensions, and other retirement matters; age discrimination; economic, social, and political aspects related to employment and the elderly. A lengthy bibliography enhances the use of this major new reference tool for students, scholars, and practitioners in gerontology, social work, and business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313285981
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

WILLIAM H. CROWN is Associate Research Professor at Brandeis University and Senior Project Manager at The MEDSTAT Group. Dr. Crown's research focuses on the economics of aging, health policy, and regional economics. He has published numerous articles in gerontological and regional science jourbanals on the economic implications of population aging and interregional migration. He is coauthor (with James H. Schulz and Allan Borowski) of the Economics of Population Aging: The Graying of Australia, Japan, and the United States (Greenwood, 1995) and coauthor (with Leonard Wheat) of State Per-Capita Income Change Since 1950: Sharecropping's Collapse and Other Causes of Convergence (Greenwood, 1990).

Table of Contents

The Growing Interest in Older Worker Employment Policy by William H. Crown, Yung-ping Chen, and Richard W. McConaghy
Labor Force Characteristics of Older Americans by Thomas Leavitt
Demographic Trends and the Future of Older Workers by Eric R. Kingson
Historical Trends in the Employment and Labor Force Participation of Older Americans by Christopher J. Ruhm
Older Women Workers by Regina O'Grady-LeShane
Social Security, Pensions, Disability, and Retirement: An International Perspective by Stuart Dorsey and John A. Turbaner
Retirement before Social Security by W. Andrew Achenbaum
Social Security Wealth and Labor Incentives by Barry L. Friedman
Pensions and Retirement by John A. Turbaner and Tabitha Doescher
Early Retirement Incentive Programs (ERIPs): Mechanisms for Encouraging Early Retirement by Phyllis H. Mutschler
Age Discrimination in Employment: Economic and Legal Perspectives by Steven H. Sandell and Marc Rosenblum
Economic Model of Work-Leisure Choice by Michael V. Leonesio
Social Gerontological Models of Retirement and Employment of Older Persons by Robert M. Whaples and Charles F. Longino, Jr.
Theoretical Perspectives on Productive Aging by Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro
The Productivity and Functional Limitations of Older Adult Workers by Anthony A. Sterns, Harvey L. Sterns, and Lisa A. Hollis
Investing in the Future: What Role for Older Worker Training? by Sara E. Rix
The Costs and Benefits of Older Workers by Michael C. Barth, William McNaught, and Philip Rizzi
The Economics of Occupational Labor Shortages by Burt S. Barnow
Impacts of an Aging Workforce on Productivity and Economic Growth by William J. Serow
The Political Context of Older Worker Employment Policy by William H. Crown
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Summarizes information relevant to the development of employment policies and programs for older persons, from the perspective of the individual, the firm, and society. Includes chapters on labor force characteristics of older Americans, demographic trends, older women workers, early retirement incentive programs, and age discrimination. Other subjects include theoretical perspectives on productive aging, impacts of an aging workforce on productivity and economic growth, and the political context of older worker employment policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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