Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines i

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences by Kenneth A. Couch, Mary C. Daly, Julie M. Zissimopoulos This book explores how job loss, the onset of health limitations, and changes in family structure can have a pronounced influence on individual and household well-being across the life course. These events are typically studied in isolation, whereas this book provides a systematic overview and more integrated analysis. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health, editors Kenneth A. Couch, Mary C. Daly, and Julie Zissimopoulos bring together leading scholars to study the impact of unexpected life course events on economic welfare. The contributions in this volume explore how job loss, the onset of health limitations, and changes in household structure can have a pronounced influence on individual and household well-being across the life course. Although these events are typically studied in isolation, they frequently co-occur or are otherwise interrelated. This book provides a systematic empirical overview of these sometimes uncertain events and their impact. By placing them in a unified analytical framework and approaching each of them from a similar perspective, Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences illustrates the importance of a coherent approach to thinking about the inter-relationships among these shifts. Finally, this volume aims to set the future research agenda in this important area. Author Biography Kenneth A. Couch is Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut.Mary C. Daly is Group Vice President and the Associate Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco.Julie M. Zissimopoulos is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California and Associate Director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. Review "With recovery from the great recession under way, it is an auspicious time for a fine scholarly work examining the consequences of job loss, family change, and health declines among Americans ... In unpacking each event, the authors provide guidance to the latest research and data sources, and they suggest future agendas. Throughout, the text remains accessible to a general readership while also informing experts ... Recommended." - D. J. Conger, CHOICE "Lifecycle events - whether foreseeable or unexpected - can fundamentally alter the economic trajectory of individuals and families. This book presents an ambitious and successful attempt at examining the impact of the most salient demographic and economic events in contemporary America. I highly recommend the book." - Robert F. Schoeni, Institute for Social Research, Ford School of Public Policy, and Department of Economics, University of Michigan "This book does an excellent job of analyzing the nature and consequences of various types of common, but often unanticipated, shocks in the lifecycle. Elegantly edited, this volume provides interesting, important information that readers in economics and public policy should know." - Robert D. Plotnick, University of Washington Long Description In Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health , editors Kenneth A. Couch, Mary C. Daly, and Julie Zissimopoulos bring together leading scholars to study the impact of unexpected life course events on economic welfare. The contributions in this volume explore how job loss, the onset of health limitations, and changes in household structure can have a pronounced influence on individual and household well-being across the life course. Although these events are typically studied in isolation, they frequently co-occur or are otherwise interrelated. This book provides a systematic empirical overview of these sometimes uncertain events and their impact. By placing them in a unified analytical framework and approaching each of them from a similar perspective, Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences illustrates the importance of a coherent approach to thinking about the inter-relationships among these shifts. Finally, this volume aims to set the future research agenda in this important area. Review Quote "With recovery from the great recession under way, it is an auspicious time for a fine scholarly work examining the consequences of job loss, family change, and health declines among Americans . . . In unpacking each event, the authors provide guidance to the latest research and data sources, and they suggest future agendas. Throughout, the text remains accessible to a general readership while also informing experts . . . Recommended." Details ISBN0804785856 Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 0804785856 ISBN-13 9780804785853 Format Hardcover Short Title LIFECYCLE EVENTS & THEIR CONSE Media Book DEWEY 339.4 Imprint Stanford University Press Subtitle Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Edited by Julie M. Zissimopoulos UK Release Date 2013-07-10 AU Release Date 2013-07-10 NZ Release Date 2013-07-10 US Release Date 2013-07-10 Pages 340 Publisher Stanford University Press Publication Date 2013-07-10 Author Julie M. Zissimopoulos Alternative 9780804786430 Audience Undergraduate Illustrations 28 tables, 23 figures We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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