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Perspectives on the economics of aging

Title
Perspectives on the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise.
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Wise, David A.
Description
ix, 539 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Subject
  • Older people > United States > Economic conditions
  • Retirement > Economic aspects > United States
  • Retirement income > United States
  • 401(k) plans
  • Individual retirement accounts > United States
Genre/Form
Statistics.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The transition to personal accounts and increasing retirement wealth: macro- and microevidence / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Sylvester J. Schieber -- For better or for worse: default effects and 401(k) savings behavior -- James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Andrew Metrick. Comment: James M. Poterba -- Aging and housing equity: another look / Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Jonathan Skinner -- Intergenerational transfers and savings behavior / Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner. Comment: Alan J. Auerbach -- Wealth portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States / James Banks, Richard Blundell, James P. Smith. Comment: John B. Shoven -- Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States / Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson. Comment: James Banks -- Does money protect health status? evidence from South African pensions / Anne Case. Comment: Robert T. Jensen -- Socioeconomic status, nutrition, and health among the elderly / Robert T. Jensen. Comment David M. Cutler -- Changes in the age distribution of mortality over the twentieth century / David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara -- Area differences in utilization of medical care and mortality among U.S. elderly / Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McClellan, Jonathan Skinner. Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse -- Healthy, wealthy, and wise? tests for direct causal paths between health and socioeconomic status / Peter Adams, Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, Angela Merrill, Tiago Ribeiro. Comment: James M. Poterba.
Call Number
JBE 04-1696
ISBN
  • 0226903052 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226386805 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004041253
OCLC
54446241
Title
Perspectives on the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Series
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author
Wise, David A.
Research Call Number
JBE 04-1696
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