WILLIAM H. CROWN is Associate Research Professor at Brandeis University and Senior Project Manager at The MEDSTAT Group. Dr. Crown's research focuses on the economics of aging, health policy, and regional economics. He has published numerous articles in gerontological and regional science journals on the economic implications of population aging and interregional migration. He is coauthor (with James H. Schulz and Allan Borowski) of the Economics of Population Aging: The Graying of Australia, Japan, and the United States (Greenwood, 1995) and coauthor (with Leonard Wheat) of State Per-Capita Income Change Since 1950: Sharecropping's Collapse and Other Causes of Convergence (Greenwood, 1990).

• The Growing Interest in Older Worker Employment Policy by William H. Crown, Yung-ping Chen, and Richard W. McConaghy Labor Force Characteristics of Older Americans by Thomas Leavitt Demographic Trends and the Future of Older Workers by Eric R. Kingson Historical Trends in the Employment and Labor Force Participation of Older Americans by Christopher J. Ruhm Older Women Workers by Regina O'Grady-LeShane Social Security, Pensions, Disability, and Retirement: An International Perspective by Stuart Dorsey and John A. Turner Retirement before Social Security by W. Andrew Achenbaum Social Security Wealth and Labor Incentives by Barry L. Friedman Pensions and Retirement by John A. Turner and Tabitha Doescher Early Retirement Incentive Programs (ERIPs): Mechanisms for Encouraging Early Retirement by Phyllis H. Mutschler Age Discrimination in Employment: Economic and Legal Perspectives by Steven H. Sandell and Marc Rosenblum Economic Model of Work-Leisure Choice by Michael V. Leonesio Social Gerontological Models of Retirement and Employment of Older Persons by Robert M. Whaples and Charles F. Longino, Jr. Theoretical Perspectives on Productive Aging by Scott A. Bass and Francis G. Caro The Productivity and Functional Limitations of Older Adult Workers by Anthony A. Sterns, Harvey L. Sterns, and Lisa A. Hollis Investing in the Future: What Role for Older Worker Training? by Sara E. Rix The Costs and Benefits of Older Workers by Michael C. Barth, William McNaught, and Philip Rizzi The Economics of Occupational Labor Shortages by Burt S. Barnow Impacts of an Aging Workforce on Productivity and Economic Growth by William J. Serow The Political Context of Older Worker Employment Policy by William H. Crown References Index