Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and indexes.
Contents:
The problem of old age -- The evolution of retirement -- Income and retirement -- Work and disease -- The older worker -- Displacing the family -- The rise of the leisured class -- Pensions and politics -- Looking to the future -- Appendix A : Union Army pensions and Civil War records.
Series:
NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
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