Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation.  Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care.  Contributors include Angela O'Rand, Edward Wolf, Edward Whitehouse, and James Smith.

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 22, 2002: Economic Outcomes in Later Life: Public Policy, Health and Cumulative Advantage PDF

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