ISBN:
1299104703
,
9781299104709
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9780226903163
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 388 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Parallel Title:
Print version Investigations in the Economics of Aging
DDC:
305.260973
Keywords:
Older people Congresses Medical care
;
Costs
;
Older people Congresses Health and hygiene
;
Retirees Congresses Economic conditions 21st century
;
Aging Congresses Economic aspects
Description / Table of Contents:
""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""
Description / Table of Contents:
""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""
Description / Table of Contents:
""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""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2011
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