Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wise, David A.

Description

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

Series statement

1. A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Subject

1. Older people > Economic conditions
2. Aging > Economic aspects

Contents

1. 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

1. JBE 02-2681

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

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

Imprint

1. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2001.

Series

1. A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Wise, David A.

LCCN

1. 2001035162

ISBN

1. 0226902846 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JBE 02-2681