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Economic Consequences of Retiree Concentrations: A Review of North American Studies
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Serow, William J. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: The study of patterns of residential mobility among individuals around the age of retirement has led to the recognition that for many reasons--climate and cost of living being the most frequently cited--settlement patterns of comparatively affluent retirees will often differ from those of the working-age population. Increasingly,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, American Studies, Retirement, Foreign Countries
The American Idealization of Old Age in Japan.
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Tobin, Joseph Jay – Gerontologist, 1987
Studied American images of Japanese aging in Americans (N=40) living temporarily in Japan and Americans (N=120) living in Chicago and Honolulu. Results suggest that Americans idealize Japanese old age; that this idealization reflects Americans' ambivalence about dependence across the life cycle; and that this idealization is not limited to laymen.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Images