Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wise, David A.

Description

1. ix, 539 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Subject

1. Retirement > Economic aspects > United States
2. Older people > United States > Economic conditions
3. Individual retirement accounts > United States
4. Statistics
5. Retirement income > United States
6. 401(k) plans

Genre/Form

1. Statistics.

Contents

1. The transition to personal accounts and increasing retirement wealth: macro- and microevidence / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Sylvester J. Schieber -- For better or for worse: default effects and 401(k) savings behavior -- James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Andrew Metrick. Comment: James M. Poterba -- Aging and housing equity: another look / Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Jonathan Skinner -- Intergenerational transfers and savings behavior / Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner. Comment: Alan J. Auerbach -- Wealth portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States / James Banks, Richard Blundell, James P. Smith. Comment: John B. Shoven -- Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States / Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson. Comment: James Banks -- Does money protect health status? evidence from South African pensions / Anne Case. Comment: Robert T. Jensen -- Socioeconomic status, nutrition, and health among the elderly / Robert T. Jensen. Comment David M. Cutler -- Changes in the age distribution of mortality over the twentieth century / David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara -- Area differences in utilization of medical care and mortality among U.S. elderly / Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McClellan, Jonathan Skinner. Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse -- Healthy, wealthy, and wise? tests for direct causal paths between health and socioeconomic status / Peter Adams, Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, Angela Merrill, Tiago Ribeiro. Comment: James M. Poterba.

Call number

1. JBE 04-1696

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Title

1. Perspectives on the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise.

Imprint

1. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Series

1. A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added author

1. Wise, David A.

LCCN

1. 2004041253

ISBN

1. 0226903052 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0226386805 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JBE 04-1696