Retirement against the demographic trend: More older people living longer, working less, and saving less

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Wise, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEING POPULATION; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT RATES; SAVINGS BEHAVIOUR; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PENSIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0031062279     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061661     Document Type: Article

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