Frontiers in the economics of aging
By: edited by David A. Wise.
Contributors: Wise, David A.
Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research project report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses; Aging -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses; Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Frontiers in the Economics of Aging directs attention to important issues by addressing four topics: the role of retirement accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k)s, in personal saving; the economics of health care; new advances in research methodology; and aging in relation to inequality. In addition to this book's appeal for specialists and microeconomists, it offers immediately practical ideas and methods for shaping public policy.
Notes: Includes bibligraphical references and index.
"Papers presented at a conference held at Carefree, Arizona in April 1997"--Pref.