A very special debt of gratitude is owed to George C. Myers, former director of the Center for
Demographic Studies at Duke University, who passed away in 2000. Not only did Dr. Myers …

Poverty is generally defined as income or expenditure insufficiency, but the economic
condition of a household also depends on its real and financial asset holdings. This paper …

This paper presents evidence on the resources available to households as they enter
retirement. It draws heavily on data collected by the Health and Retirement Study. We …

Many view the soon-to-retire Baby Boomers as woefully unprepared for their golden years,
while other economists have taken a more sanguine view of American levels of saving. And …

From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the" Flexsecurity"
system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers …

We review research on institutions of redistribution operating in high-income countries.
Focusing on the nonelderly, we invoke the concept of the household income package, which …

We explore the pattern of elderly homeownership using 60 microeconomic surveys on about
300,000 individuals residing in 15 OECD countries. In all countries, the survey is repeated …

Care needs of the aging population are increasing in Southern European countries. The
purpose of this article is to explore the implications of meeting these needs while taking into …

Most empirical distributional studies of well-being in developed countries rely on
distributions of disposable income. From a theoretical point of view this practice is …

To understand how older adults perceive and navigate their neighborhoods, we examined
the implications of activity in their neighborhoods for their health. We interviewed 38 adults …