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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 [©2012.]

1 online resource (399 pages)

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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction - David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury""; ""I. Financing Retirement""; ""1. 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""; ""2. Economic Preparation for Retirement - Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder""; ""3. How Well Are Social Security Recipients Protected from Inflation? - Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov""

""4. The Availability and Utilization of401(k) Loans - John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian""""II. Health and Health Care""; ""5. Dimensions of Health in the Elderly Population - David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum""; ""6. The Value of Progress against Cancer in the Elderly - Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, Matthew Miller, and Daniella Perlroth""; ""7. Self-Reported Disability and Reference Groups - Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, Arie Kapteyn, and James P. Smith""

""8. “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?� Revisited: An Analysis of the Causal Pathways from Socioeconomic Status to Health - Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter""""9. Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States - James Banks, Zoë Oldfield, and James P. Smith""; ""10. The Financial Crisis and the Well-Being of America - Angus Deaton""; ""Contributors""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury -- I. Financing Retirement -- 1. 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 -- 2. Economic Preparation for Retirement - Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder -- 3. How Well Are Social Security Recipients Protected from Inflation? - Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov -- 4. The Availability and Utilization of401(k) Loans - John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian -- II. Health and Health Care -- 5. Dimensions of Health in the Elderly Population - David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum -- 6. The Value of Progress against Cancer in the Elderly - Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, Matthew Miller, and Daniella Perlroth -- 7. Self-Reported Disability and Reference Groups - Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, Arie Kapteyn, and James P. Smith -- 8. "Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?" Revisited: An Analysis of the Causal Pathways from Socioeconomic Status to Health - Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter -- 9. Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States - James Banks, Zoë Oldfield, and James P. Smith -- 10. The Financial Crisis and the Well-Being of America - Angus Deaton -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.