Trends, issues, perspectives, and values for the aging of the baby boom cohorts

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Cornman, John M ^a   Kingson, Eric R ^b  

^a American Anthropological Association   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; POLICY; RACE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030029025     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.1.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (64)

1. Apgar, Jr., W, C., DiPasquale, D., McArdle, N., & Olson, N. (1990). The state of the nation's housing 1989. Cambridge, MA: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
2. Bengtson, V. L., Cutler, N. E. , Margen, D. J., & Marshall, V. W. (1985). Generations, cohorts, and relations between age groups. In R. H. Binstock & E. Shanas (Eds ), Handbook of aging and the social sciences. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
3. Beshasrov, D. J. (1995, January 15). Broken family values. The Washington Post.
4. Binstock, R. H. (1983). The aged as scapegoat. The Gerontologist, 23, 136-143.
5. Board of Trustees, Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds. (1995a). Annual report of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
6. Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. (1995b). Annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office.
7. Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. (1995c). Annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
8. Bouvier, L. F., & De Vita, C. J. (1991). The baby boom - entering midlife. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau.
9. Brody, E. (1990). Women in the middle. Their parent-care years. New York: Springer Publishing.
10. Butler, R. (1982). Testimony before the National Commission of Social Security Reform. Washington, DC.
11. Cantor, M. H. (1991). Family and community: Changing roles in an aging society. The Gerontologist, 31, 337-346.
12. Cherlin, A., & Furstenberg, Jr., F. (1982). The shape of the American family in the year 2000: Trends analysis program Washington, DC: American Council of Life Insurance.
13. Congressional Budget Office. (1993). Baby boomers in retirement: An early perspective. Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office.
14. Conner, K. A. (1992). Aging America: Issues facing an aging society. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
15. Crown, W. H. (1985). Some thoughts on reformulating the dependency ratio. The Gerontologist, 25, 166-171.
16. Daniels, N. (1987). Am I my parent's keeper? New York: Cambridge University Press.
17. Day, J. C. (1992). Population projections of the United States, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1992 to 2050. Current Population Reports (Series P25, No. 1092). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Oftice.
18. Feldman, J. J. (1983). Work ability of the aged under conditions of improving mortality. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly/Health and Society 61, (3) 430-444.
19. Feldman, J. J. (1991). Has increased longevity increased potential worklife? In A. Munnell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance (pp. 151-158). Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
20. Fries, J. F. (1991). The workspan and the compression of morbidity. In A. Munnell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance (pp. 159-172). Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
21. Goleman, D. (1994, April 26). Mental decline in aging need not be inevitable. New York Times.
22. Graebner, W. A. (1980). A history of retirement. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
23. Grev, J (1995, January 22) Does democracy have a future? New York Times Book Review.
24. Guralnik, J. M. (1991). In A. Munneli (Ed.), Comment in Proceedings of the Second Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance (pp. 173-176). Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
25. Hagestad, G. O. (1986). The family: Women and grandparents as kinkeepers. In A. Pifer & L. Bronte (Eds.), Our aging society: Paradox and promise (pp. 141-160). New York: W. W. Norton.
26. Hayflick, L. (1994). How and why we age, New York: Ballantine Books.
27. Hudson, R. B. (1978). The graying of the federal budget and its consequences for old-age policy. The Gerontologist, 18, 428-440.
28. Institute of Medicine. (1993). Disability in America. Toward a national agenda for prevention. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
29. Jones, L. Y. (1980). Great expectations: America and the baby boom generation. New York: Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan.
30. Kerrey, B. (1995a, January 27) Sacred cow entitlement The Washington Post.
31. Kerrey, B. (1995b, January 27). Congressional Record, S1690-S1695.
32. Kingson, E. R. (1992, April) The diversity of the baby boom generation: Implications for their retirement years. Washington, DC: American Association of Retired Persons, Forecasting and Environmental Scanning Division.
33. Kingson, E. R., & Berkowitz, E. D. (1993). Social Security and Medicare: A policy primer. Westport, CT: Auburn House.
34. Kingson, E. R., Hirshorn, B. A., & Cornman, J M. (1986). Ties that bind: The interdependence of generations. Cabin John, MD: Seven Locks Press.
35. Levy, F (1987) Dollars and dreams: The changing American income distribution. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
36. Light, P. C (1988). Baby boomers. New York: W. W. Norton.
37. Manton, K G. (1983). Changing concepts of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly/Health and Society, 60, 183-244.
38. Manton, K. G. (1993, October 7). Trends for the elderly - implications for income support, health, and provisions for long term care Paper presented at a conference sponsored by the Public Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees on the Future of Health Care Needs and Resources for the Aged, Washington, DC.
39. Manton, K. G., Corder, L.S., & Stallard, E. (1993). Estimates of change in chronic disability and institutional incidence and prevalence rates in the U.S elderly population from the 1982, 1984, and 1989 National Long Term Care Survey. Journal of Gerontology. Social Sciences, 48, S153-S166.
40. McLanahan, S., & Sanderfur, C. (1995). Crowing up with a single parent. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Press.
41. National Academy on Aging. (1994, July). Old age in the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academy on Aging.
42. Olson, L. K. (1994). The graving of the world: Who will care for the frail elderly? New York: Haworth Press.
43. Ozawa, M. (1985, November 8). Non-whites and the demographic imperative in social welfare spending. Paper presented at the 1985 National Association of Social Workers Professional Symposium, Chicago, IL.
44. Perlstein, S (1995, January 15) What's the speed limit on economic growth? Washington Post, p 1.
45. Peterson, P G. (1995). Reform proposal of Commissioner Peter G. Peterson, in Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, Final Report to the President, (pp. 47-79).
46. Qutnn, J. F., Burkhauser, R. V , & Myers, D. A. (1990). Passing the torch: The influence of economic incentives on work and retirement. Kalamazoo, Ml: W. E Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
47. Russell, C. (1987). 100 predictions for the baby boom: The next 50 years. New York: Plenum Press.
48. Russell, L B. (1982). The baby boom generation and the economy. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute.
49. Saluter, A. F. (1989). Changes in American family life. Current Population Reports, Special Studies, U.S. Bureau of the Census (Series P-23, No. 163). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
50. Schultze, C. L (1990). Setting long-run deficit reduction targets: The economies and politics of budget design. In H. J. Aaron (Ed.), Social security and the budget: Proceedings of the first conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
51. Schulz, J. H. (1995). The economics of aging. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.
52. Siegel, P. M. (1989). Educational attainment in the United States: March 1982 to 1985. Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census (Series P-20, No. 415). Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office.
53. Silverstone, B. (1989). You and your parent: The modern family's guide to emotional, physical, and financial problems. New York: Pantheon Books.
54. Soldo, B. J., & Agree, A. M. (1988, September). America's elderly. Population Bulletin, 43. Washington, DC Population Reference Bureau.
55. Sternlieb, G., & Hughes, J. W. (1982, June). Running faster to stay in place. American Demographics.
56. Torres-Gil, F M (1992). The new aging: Politics and change in America. Westport, CT: Auburn House.
57. Torrey, B B. (n.d.) Guns vs canes: The fiscal implications of an aging population. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 72, 2.
58. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means. (1987). Retirement income for an aging society. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
59. U S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means. (1992). Background material and data on programs within the junsdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
60. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means. (1994). Background material and data on programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
61. Verbrugge, L. M. (1991). Proceedings of the second conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance.
62. Wattenberg, E. (1986). The fate of baby boomers and their children. Social Work, 20-28.
63. Weiner, J. M., Illston, H., & Hanley, R. J (1994). Sharing the burden: Strategies for public and private long-term care insurance. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute.
64. Woods, J R. (1989, October). Pension coverage among private wage and salary workers. Preliminary findings from the 1988 survey of employee benefits. Social Security Bulletin, 52(10), 2-19.