International handbook of population aging / Peter Uhlenberg, editor.

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Book
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English
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[Dordrecht] ; [London] : Springer, ©2009.
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xi, 769 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Peter Uhlenberg
    • Pt I. Overview. 1. How populations age / Joshua R. Goldstein
    • 2. Data sources for studying aging / Markus H. Schafer & Kenneth F. Ferraro
    • 3. Global Population Aging: History and Prospects / Donald T. Rowland
    • Pt II. Aging Populations. 4. Population Ageing in Italy and Southern Europe / Cecilia Tomassini & Giovanni Lamura
    • 5. Demography of Aging in the Nordic Countries / Gerdt Sundström
    • 6. Rapidly Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe / Natalia Gavrilova & Leonid A. Gavrilov
    • 7. Rapid Population Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers in Japan / Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura & Maliki
    • 8. Population Aging in China / Feinian Chen & Guangya Liu
    • 9. Population Aging in the Koreas / Dudley L. Poston and Mary Ann Davis
    • 10. Population Aging in Canada and the United States / Tracey A. LaPierre & Mary Elizabeth Hughes
    • 11. Aging in Mexico and Latin America / Rebeca Wong & Alberto Palloni
    • 12. Aging in West Africa / Isabella Aboderin
    • 13. Demography of Aging in Arab Countries / Kathryn M. Yount & Abla M. Sibai
    • Pt III. Migration and Aging. 14. Geographic Mobility and Aging in Place / Don E. Bradley & Charles F. Longino
    • 15. International Retirement Migration / Tony (A.M.) Warnes
    • 16. Immigrants and Aging /Judith Treas & Jeanne Batalova
    • 17. Replacement Migration / Charles B. Keely
    • Pt IV. Population Aging and Economic Issues. 18. Public pension programs Social Security / Diane M. Watts-Roy & John B. Williamson
    • 19. Private pensions in International Perspective / Angela M. O'Rand, Donald Ebel & Katelin Isaacs
    • 20. Employment at Older Ages / Sara E. Rix
    • 21. Population Retirement Patterns / David J. Ekerdt
    • 22. Income Inequality in Later Life / Melissa Hardy
    • Pt V. Population Aging, Longevity, and Health. 23. Mortality Patterns in Late Life / Robert A. Hummer [and others]
    • 24. Active Life Expectancy: A Central Measure of Population Health / Sarah B. Laditka & James N. Laditka
    • 25. Demography of Disability / Scott M. Lynch, J. Scott Brown & Miles G. Taylor
    • 26. Social Class, Health and Longevity / Pamela Herd
    • Pt VI. Health Care and Aging. 27. Population Aging and Health Care Policy in Cross-National Perspective / Stephen Crystal & Michele J. Siegel
    • 28. Health Care Expenditures / Edward C. Norton & Sally C. Stearns
    • 29. Demography of Informal Caregiving / Emily M. Agree & Karen Glaser
    • Pt VII. Population Aging and Social Relationships. 30. Childless Old Age / Pearl A. Dykstra
    • 31. Marital History and Well-Being in Later Life / Linda J. Waite
    • 32. Gender, Aging, and Widowhood / Deborah Carr & Susan Bodnar-Deren
    • Pt VIII. Future of Aging. 36. Future of Human Longevity / S. Jay Olshansky & Bruce A. Carnes
    • 37. Experience, Social Structure and Later Life: Meaning and Old Age in an Aging Society / Dale Dannefer & Robin Shura.
    ISBN
    • 9781402083556 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1402083556 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2012537100
    OCLC
    390135418
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