Health and labor force participation over the life cycle : evidence from the past / edited by Dora L. Costa.

The twentieth century saw significant increases in both life expectancy and retirement rates-changes that have had dramatic impacts on nearly every aspect of society and the economy. Forecasting future trends in health and retirement rates, as we must do now, requires investigation of such long-term...

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Other Authors: Costa, Dora L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reflections on the early indicators project / Larry T. Wimmer
  • Rich and the dead / Joseph P. Ferrie
  • Prior exposure to disease and later health and mortality / Chulhee Lee
  • Seasoning, disease environment, and conditions of exposure / Daniel Scott Smith
  • Height of Union Army recruits / Sven E. Wilson and Clayne L. Pope
  • Prevalence of chronic respiratory disease in the Industrial Era / Sven E. Wilson
  • Significance of lead water mains in American cities / Werner Troesken and Patricia E. Beeson
  • Internal migration, return migration, and mortality / Mario A. Sańchez
  • Pensions and labor force participation of Civil War veterans / Tayatat Kanjanapipatkul
  • Effect of hernias on the labor force participation of Union Army veterans / Chen Song and Louis L. Nguyen.