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Economics and Ageing, 1st ed. 2018
Volume I: Theory
Author: Iparraguirre José Luis
Language: EnglishSubjects for Economics and Ageing:
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Economics of Aging; Policy making; Gerontology; Social care; Older consumer; Long-term care; Asset returns; Wealth distribution; Economics of happiness; Social security; Population economics; Economics of fertility; Economics of mortality; Economics of migration; Retirement economics; Economics of mobility; Political economy of ageing; Population ageing
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This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in economics, health economics and the economics of ageing, but also policy makers, students, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences and social care.
This volume introduces the different conceptualisations of age and definitions of `old age', as well as the main theories of individual ageing as developed in the disciplines of biology, psychology and sociology. It covers the economic theories of fertility, mortality and migration and describes the four main frameworks that can be used to study economics and ageing, namely the life cycle, the overlapping generations, the perpetual youth and the dynastic models.
Part I: Basic Concepts.- Chapter 1: Conceptualisations of Age.- Chapter 2: Age, Period, Cohort, and Generational Effects.- Chapter 3: Life-cycle, Life-course, Life-span.- Chapter 4: Theories of Individual Ageing.- Part II: Demographics, Population Ageing and Economics.- Chapter 5: Introduction to Demography and Economics.- Chapter 6: Economic Theories of Demographic Change.- Part III: A Brief Incursion into the Epistemology of Economics.- Chapter 7: Models and Time in Economics.- Part IV: Four Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Economics and Ageing.- Chapter 8: Life-cycle Framework.- Chapter 9: The Overlapping Generations framework.- Chapter 10: Perpetual youth and dynastic models.
With more courses on health economics and the economics of ageing there is a need for an upper level textbook on current microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, trends and policy
Covers economic considerations associated with all ages, young, middle and old, and considers the ageing of the economic institutions in which individual ageing occurs
Addresses the economic implications of individual and population ageing