Cover Image

Government Spending on the Elderly /

Show other versions (1)

This book examines the aging of the US population as a primary domestic public policy issue. An increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population will potentially result in a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries in major federal entitlement programs, leading to fiscal pr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.
Social work.
Macroeconomics.
Social service.
Welfare economics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book examines the aging of the US population as a primary domestic public policy issue. An increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population will potentially result in a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries in major federal entitlement programs, leading to fiscal pressures and challenges for economic growth.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXVII, 404 pages)
ISBN:9780230591448
DOI:10.1057/9780230591448