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 economics, health economics and the economics of ageing, but also policy makers, students, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences and social care.
Part I: Fiscal policy and Ageing.- Chapter 1: Generational Accounting and National Transfer Accounts.- Chapter 2: Public Spending, Taxation and Ageing.- Part II: Health Economics.- Chapter 3: Health of the Individual and the Society.- Chapter 4: Macroeconomics and Health.- Chapter 5: Economics and the Value of (Later) Life.- Part III: Long-term Care.- Chapter 6: Caregiving Need.- Chapter 7: Demand for and Supply of LTC Services.