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This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.
This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.
List of contents
1. Conceptualisations and Measurement.- 2. Theories and Empirical Findings.- 3. Happiness and Policy.- 4. Inequality.- 5. Poverty, Deprivation and Social Class.- 6. Some Questions of Intergenerational Economics.- 7. Ageing, House Prices, and Economic Crises.- 8. Behavioural Economics and Individual Ageing.- 9. Behavioural Economics and Policy.- 10. Economics and the Political Economy of Ageing.- 11. Gerontological Views.- 12. The Silver Economy.
About the author
José Luis Iparraguirre is Chief Economist at Age UK and Professor of Economics, University of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Summary
This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.
This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.
