Research findings in the economics of aging
By: edited by David A. Wise.
Contributors: Wise, David A.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226903064
Subjects: Aging -- Economic aspects -- Congresses; Older people -- Economic conditions -- Congresses; Old age pensions -- Congresses; Disability retirement -- Congresses; Medicare -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Disability, work and retirement; title: New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor force participation, government policies, and GDP / John B. Shoven; title: Comment / Erzo F. P. Luttmer; title: Work disability: the effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan; title: Comment / Robert J. Willis; title: Labor market status and transitions during the pre-retirement years: learning from international differences / Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest, and James Banks; title: Comment / Michael Hurd; title: Education and disability; title: The education gradient in old age disability / David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney; title: Comment / Anne Case; title: Social interactions and smoking / David M. Cutler and Edward L. Glaeser; title: Comment / Arie Kapteyn; title: Education and the prevalence of pain / Steven J. Atlas and Jonathan Skinner; title: Economic circumstances and health; title: Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo; title: Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams; title: What's past is prologue: the impact of early life health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case; title: Comment / James P. Smith; title: Income, aging, health and well-being around the world: evidence from the gallup world poll / Angus Deaton; title: Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams; title: Retirement saving; title: The rise of 401(k) plans, lifetime earnings, and wealth at retirement / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise; title: Comment / Robert J. Willis; title: The impact of employer matching on savings plan participation under automatic enrollment / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian; title: Comment / Daniel McFadden; title: Housing price volatility and downsizing in later life / James Banks, Richard Blundell, Zoë Oldfied, and James P. Smith; title: Comment / Steven F. Venti; title: Medicare; title: The narrowing dispersion of Medicare expenditures 1997-2005 / Jay Bhattacharya, Alan Garber, and Thomas Macurdy; title: Comment / Jonathan Skinner; title: Mind the gap! consumer perceptions and choices of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans / Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter; title: Comment / Amy Finkelstein.