Research Catalog

Title

Themes in the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

Wise, David A.

Description

ix, 402 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Subjects

• Aging > Economic aspects
• Older people > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preretirement cashouts and foregone retirement saving : implications for 401(k) asset accumulation / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Personal security account 2000 plan, market outcomes, and risk / Sylvester J. Schieber and John B. Shoven -- Are the elderly really over-annuitized? New evidence on life insurance and bequests / Jeffrey R. Brown -- Mortality, education, income, and inequality among American cohorts / Angus Deaton and Christina Paxson -- Predictors of mortality among the elderly / Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, and Angela Merrill -- Trends in Medicare spending near the end of life / Jeffrey Geppert and Mark McClellan -- Concentration of medical spending : an update / David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara -- Sources of cost difference in health insurance plans : a decomposition analysis / Matthew Eichner, Mark McCellan, and David A. Wise -- Incentive effects of Social Security under an uncertain disability option / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Social Security incentives for retirement / Courtney Coile and Jonathan Gruber -- Anticipated and actual bequests / Michael D. Hurd and James P. Smith.

Call Number

JBE 02-2681

ISBN

0226902846 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001035162

OCLC

46731241

Title

Themes in the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise.

Imprint

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2001.

Series

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Wise, David A.

Research Call Number

JBE 02-2681