Aging in America in the Twenty-first Century

Demographic Forecasts from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society

The aging of the baby boom generation, the extension of life, and progressive increases in disability-free life expectancy have generated a dramatic demographic transition in the United States. Official government forecasts may, however, have inadvertently underestimated life expectancy, which would have major policy implications, since small differences in forecasts of life expectancy produce very large differences in the number of people surviving to an ... Full Story »

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