Financial capability and asset holding in later life : : a life course perspective / / edited by Margaret S. Sherraden and Nancy Morrow-Howell.

"With today's availability of Social Security and Medicare, we typically think of the older years as a stage in life where people are supported financially. However, of the more than 40 million old adults currently living in the US, many are struggling financially living below or near the...

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford ;, New York : : Oxford University Press,, [2015]
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (279 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction
  • Financial Vulnerability and Capability across the Life Course: Theoretical Perspective
  • Margaret S. Sherraden and Nancy Morrow-Howell
  • Part One. Financial Capability in Later Life: Theory and Evidence of Life Course Impacts
  • Chapter 1
  • The Financial Crisis and the Life Course:
  • Age, Education, and Race as Predictors of Economic and Financial Outcomes
  • William Emmons and Bryan Noeth
  • Chapter 2
  • Race, Gender, and Wealth across the Life Course
  • Tyson Brown
  • Part Two. Financial Capability in Later Life: Vulnerable Populations
  • Chapter 3
  • Assets and Older African Americans
  • Wilhelmina A. Leigh
  • Chapter 4
  • Economic Security of Older Hispanics: The Role of Social Security and Employer-Based Pensions
  • Jacqueline L. Angel and Stipica Mudrazija
  • Chapter 5
  • Native American Elders and Assets
  • Amanda Barusch and Tracy Golden
  • Chapter 6
  • Immigrant Older Adults: Poverty, Asset Holding, Financial Access, and Public Policy
  • Yunju Nam
  • Chapter 7
  • Disability, Aging, and Assets and Financial Stability
  • Michelle Putnam
  • Part Three. Policies and Innovations
  • Chapter 8
  • Lifelong Asset Development Policy: A Capability Approach
  • Jin Huang and Jennifer C. Greenfield
  • Chapter 9
  • Long Term Care: Who Pays the Price?
  • Jennifer C. Greenfield
  • Chapter 10
  • Workplace Policies and Practices to Accumulate Assets
  • Ernest Gonzales
  • Chapter 11
  • A New Dawn: Age-Friendly Banking for Low to Moderate Income Older Adults
  • Sehar Siddiqi, Robert Zdenek, and Edward Gorman
  • Conclusion. Innovations and Knowledge Development
  • Nancy Morrow-Howell, Michael Sherraden, and Margaret Sherraden.