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Elderly Socioeconomics and Demographics: Issues and Thoughts for Agricultural Economics Research
Author(s) -
Nayga Rodolfo M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349684
Subject(s) - demographics , agriculture , regional science , economics , geography , agricultural economics , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , demography , archaeology
An increasing elderly population will be one of the most significant demographic changes to influence food and social policy debate in the United States in the next few decades. Social scientists would be remiss if they did not give this population group proper attention. Elderly socioeconomics and demographics provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research among agricultural economists and other social scientists. Some critical socioeconomic and demographic issues concerning the elderly are discussed here.