Economic perspectives on aging

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The aging of the American population will be a critical public policy issue in the years ahead. This paper surveys the recent literature on the economics of aging, with a special emphasis on government spending on the aged. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the proportion of the elderly in the total population will increase while the proportion of the working-age population will decline. This demographic shift implies a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries of major federal entitlement programs. Existing rules and escalating health care costs are expected to lead to fiscal pressures and to pose challenges for economic growth. The paper offers the author’s assessment of the forces that determine government spending on retirees. It also examines how the retirement and health care of older citizens might be financed, and measures the potential impact of different reform proposals. Finally, it provides an introduction to an edited volume, Government Spending on the Elderly.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 500

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Retirement; Retirement Policies ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Public Goods ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Fiscal Policy
• Thema: Economics of Aging ; Retirement and Health Care Programs ; Government Spending on Elderly ; Fiscal Pressures of Entitlements

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Papadimitriou, Dimitri B.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
• (wo): Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31553
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ