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The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History, 1880-1990

Dora L. Costa

Published in January 1998 by University of Chicago Press
© 1998 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
in NBER Book Series Long-Term Factors in Economic Development
NBER Program(s):AG, DAE

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234 pages
ISBN: 0-226-11608-5

Table of Contents

Front matter, table of contents. (p. -15 - -4) (bibliographic info) (download)
Preface. (p. -3 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)
1. The Problem of Old Age. (p. 1 - 5) (bibliographic info) (download)
2. The Evolution of Retirement. (p. 6 - 31) (bibliographic info) (download)
3. Income and Retirement. (p. 32 - 59) (bibliographic info) (download)
4. Work and Disease. (p. 60 - 84) (bibliographic info) (download)
5. The Older Worker. (p. 85 - 105) (bibliographic info) (download)
6. Displacing the Family. (p. 106 - 132) (bibliographic info) (download)
7. The Rise of the Leisured Class. (p. 133 - 159) (bibliographic info) (download)
8. Pensions and Politics. (p. 160 - 187) (bibliographic info) (download)
9. Looking to the Future. (p. 188 - 196) (bibliographic info) (download)
Appendix A: Union Army Pensions and Civil War Records. (p. 197 - 212) (bibliographic info) (download)
References. (p. 213 - 226) (bibliographic info) (download)
Indexes. (p. 227 - 236) (bibliographic info) (download)
 
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