Handbook On Employment And The Elderly [Hardcover]

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.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 journals on the economic implications of population aging and interregional migration. He is coauthor (with James H. Schulz and Allan Borowski) of theEconomics of Population Aging: The Graying of Australia, Japan, and the United States(Greenwood, 1995) and coauthor (with Leonard Wheat) ofState Per-Capita Income Change Since 1950: Sharecropping's Collapse and Other Causes of Convergence(Greenwood, 1990).

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. Turner
Retirement before Social Security by W. Andrew Achenbaum
Social Security Wealth and Labor Incentives by Barry L. Friedló'