Demography and Retirement: The Twenty-First Century / Edition 1

by Ann Rappaport, Sylvester J. Schieber

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275942489
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1993
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

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 jourbanal 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 jourbanal articles and policy analysis papers.

Table of Contents

Overview by Anna M. Rappaport and Sylvester J. Schieber
Demographic Change in the United States, 1970-2050 by Samuel H. Preston
Discussions by Francisco R. Bayo, Stephen C. Goss, and Barry Edmonston
Expected Changes in the Workforce and Implications for Labor Markets by Phillip B. Levine and Olivia S. Mitchell
Discussions by Christopher M. Bone and Joseph F. Quinn
Can Our Social Insurance Systems Survive the Demographic Shifts of Twenty-First Century? by Sylvester J. Schieber
Discussions by Dwight K Barlett and Patrica M. Danzon
The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Capital Formation by Alan J. Auerbach and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Discussion by Alicia H. Munnell
Implications of Demographic Change for Design of Retirement Programs by John H. Biggs
Discussions by Emily S. Andrews and Anna M. Rappaport
Trends in Health among the American Population by Eileen M. Crimmins and Dominique G. Ingegneri
Discussions by Eric R. Kingson and Marc M. Twinney, Jr.
Population Aging and Retirement Policy: An International Perspective by Robert L. Clark
Discussions by G. Lawrence Atkins and Robert J. Myers
Bibliography
Index