ISBN:
9780226146096
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (469 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
NBER-Conference Report
Series Statement:
National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Parallel Title:
Print version Discoveries in the Economics of Aging
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Economics ; Research ; Congresses
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Older people ; Economic conditions ; Research ; Congresses
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Older people ; Health and hygiene ; Research ; Congresses
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Well-being ; Economic aspects ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs' overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging of the Baby Boomers is just one part of the rapidly changing landscape of aging in the United States and around the world.The latest volume in the NBER's Economics of Aging series, Discoveries in the Economics of Aging assembles incisive analyses of the most recent research in this expanding field of study. A substantive focus of the volume is the
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction - David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury; I. Health and Disability; 1. Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity in the Elderly US Population - David M. Cutler, Kaushik Ghosh, and Mary Beth Landrum; Comment: Daniel McFadden and Wei Xie; 2. The Lifetime Risk of Nursing Home Use - Michael D. Hurd, Pierre-Carl Michaud, and Susann Rohwedder; Comment: David M. Cutler; 3. A Comparison of Different Measures of Health and Their Relation to Labor Force Transitions at Older Ages - Arie Kapteyn and Erik Meijer; Comment: Steven F. Venti
Description / Table of Contents:
II. Health and Financial Well-Being4. The Nexus of Social Security Benefits, Health,and Wealth at Death - James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise; Comment: Jonathan Skinner; 5. Understanding the SES Gradient in Health among the Elderly: The Role ofChildhood Circumstances - Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter; Comment: Robert J. Willis; III. Determinants of Health; 6. Early Retirement, Mental Health, and Social Networks - Axel Börsch-Supan and Morten Schuth; Comment: Elaine Kelly
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Spousal Health Effects: The Role of Selection - James Banks, Elaine Kelly, and James P. SmithComment: Amitabh Chandra; 8. Grandpa and the Snapper: The Well-Being of the Elderly Who Live with Children - Angus Deaton and Arthur A. Stone; Comment: David Laibson; 9. Expectations, Aging, and Cognitive Decline - Gábor Kézdi and Robert J. Willis; Comment: John B. Shoven; IV. Interventions to Improve Health and Well- Being; 10. Nutrition, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and the Demand for Iron- Fortified Salt: Evidencefrom an Experiment in Rural Bihar - Abhijit Banerjee, Sharon Barnhardt, and Esther Duflo
Description / Table of Contents:
Comment: Amitabh Chandra11. The Diffusion of New Medical Technology: The Case of Drug- Eluting Stents - Amitabh Chandra, David Malenka, and Jonathan Skinner; Comment: Jay Bhattacharya; 12. Who Uses the Roth 401(k), and How Do They Use It? - John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian; Comment: James M. Poterba; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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