Catherwood LibraryILR School

edited by Olivia S. Mitchell, P. Brett Hammond, and Anna M. Rappaport

"What are retirement needs, and how much will we need to save for old age? What is retirement becoming, especially in an era of downsizing and increased opportunities for early retirement? What assets should we hold prior to, and then throughout, the retirement period?...As we move into the twenty-first century, many new retirement-related opportunities and risks confront individuals and employers. Opportunities include the exciting prospects of living longer, living healthier, and living a more productive life than ever before...Forecasting Retirement Needs and Retirement Wealth, drawing on the latest information available on health, wealth, and retirement in America, offers new perspectives on ways to support the expanding population of older citizens. The contributors consider how the concept and process of retirement is evolving." [from the dust jacket] (prd, 9/00)