Economic perspectives on aging : an overview -- European welfare state regimes and their generosity toward the elderly -- Global demographic trends and provisioning for the future -- Net government expenditures and the economic well-being of the elderly in the United States, 1989-2001 -- Differing prospects for women and men : young old-age, old old-age, and eldercare -- Working for a good retirement -- Net intergenerational transfers from an increase in Social Security benefits -- The changing role of employer pensions : tax expenditures, costs, and implications for middle-class elderly -- Retiree health benefit coverage and retirement -- Population forecasts, fiscal policy, and risk -- Wage growth and the measurement of Social Security's financial condition -- The adequacy of retirement resources among the soon-to-retire, 1983-2001 -- Minimum benefits in Social Security.
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