Investigations in the economics of aging
By: edited by David A. Wise
Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226903132; 9780226903163
Subjects: Aging; Health and hygiene; Costs; Congresses; Older people; Medical care; Economic conditions; Retirees
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Financing retirement; title: Were they prepared for retirement? : financial status at advanced ages in the HRS and AHEAD cohorts / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise ; comment, David Laibson; title: Economic preparation for retirement / Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder ; comment, Robert J. Willis; title: How well are Social Security recipients protected from inflation? / Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov ; comment, Michael D. Hurd; title: The availability and utilization of 401(k) loans / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian ; comment: Gopi Shah Goda; title: Health and health care; title: Dimensons of health in the elderly population / David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum ; comment, David R. Weir; title: The value of progress against cancer in the elderly / Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, Matthew Miller, and Daniella Perlroth ; comment, Amitabh Chandra; title: Self reported disability and reference groups / Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, Arie Kapteyn, and James P. Smith ; comment, David M. Cutler; title: "Healthy, wealthy and wise?" revisited : an analysis of the causal pathways from socioeconomic status to health / Till Stowasser, Flowian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter ; comment, Robert J. Willis; title: Childhood health and differences in late-life health outcomes between England and the United States / James Banks, Zoe Oldfield, and James P. Smith ; comment, Amitabh Chandra; title: The financial crisis and the well-being of America / Angus Deaton ; comment, Daniel McFadden.