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Overview
This is a wide-ranging sourcebook filling a gap in the literature about employment policies and programs for older persons. The contributors represent the perspectives of the individual, the employer, and society-at-large. Their essays consider labor force characteristics; historical trends; key features of social security, pensions, and other retirement matters; age discrimination; economic, social, and political aspects related to employment and the elderly. A lengthy bibliography enhances the use of this major new reference tool for students, scholars, and practitioners in gerontology, social work, and business.
Synopsis
Unique wide-ranging sourcebook about employment policies and programs for older persons--from perspectives of the individual, the employer, and society.
Booknews
Summarizes information relevant to the development of employment policies and programs for older persons, from the perspective of the individual, the firm, and society. Includes chapters on labor force characteristics of older Americans, demographic trends, older women workers, early retirement incentive programs, and age discrimination. Other subjects include theoretical perspectives on productive aging, impacts of an aging workforce on productivity and economic growth, and the political context of older worker employment policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.