The growing gap in life expectancy by income : implications for federal programs and policy responses

The growing gap in life expectancy by income : implications for federal programs and policy responses /

The U.S. population is aging. Social Security projections suggest that between 2013 and 2050, the population aged 65 and over will almost double, from 45 million to 86 million. One key driver of population aging is ongoing increases in life expectancy. Average U.S. life expectancy was 67 years for m...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Long-Run Macroeconomic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population--Phase II (Author), National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population (Author), National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications (Author), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2015
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
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Subjects:
Aging > Economic aspects > United States.
Baby boom generation > Retirement > Economic aspects > United States.
Economic forecasting > United States.
Older people > United States > Economic conditions.
Population aging > Economic aspects > Mathematical models.
Age distribution (Demography) > Economic aspects > United States.
Older people > Economic conditions > Forecasting.
Older people > Government policy > Economic aspects.
Aging > United States.
Retirement > Economic aspects > United States.
Life expectancy > Economic aspects > United States.
Life expectancy > Government policy > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Life expectancy.
Income.
Insurance.
Life Expectancy
Income
Insurance
insurance.
Statistics
Statistics.
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