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Perspectives on the economics of aging /

This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the United States over the past few decades, contributo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wise, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.