Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wise, David A.

Description

1. xi, 495 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, a group of leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject. Among the broad topics discussed are work and retirement behavior, disability, and their relationship to the structure of retirement and disability policies." "While choices about when to retire are made by individuals, these decisions are influenced by a set of incentives, including retirement benefits and health care; and this volume includes cross-national analyses of the effects of such programs on these decisions. Furthermore, the volume also offers in-depth analysis of the effects of retirement plans, employer contributions, and housing prices on retirement. It explores well-established relationships among economic circumstances, health, and mortality, as well as the effects of poverty and lower levels of economic development on health and life satisfaction. By combining micro and macro evidence, this volume continues a tradition of expanding the research agenda on the economics of aging."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Uniform title

1. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Subject

1. Aging > Economic aspects > Congresses
2. Older people > Economic conditions > Congresses
3. Old age pensions > Congresses
4. Disability retirement > Congresses
5. Medicare > Congresses
6. Older people
7. Economics
8. Pensions
9. Aged
10. Retirement > economics
11. Economics
12. Medicare > economics
13. Pensions
14. Socioeconomic Factors
15. elderly
16. economics
17. pensions (compensation)
18. Older people
19. Aging > Economic aspects
20. Disability retirement
21. Medicare
22. Old age pensions
23. Older people > Economic conditions
24. Bevölkerungsentwicklung
25. Alternde Bevölkerung
26. Arbeitsfähigkeit
27. Medizinische Versorgung
28. Gesundheitsausgaben
29. Rentenversicherung
30. Rentenfinanzierung
31. Älterer Arbeitnehmer
32. Lebenslanges Lernen

Genre/Form

1. Congress
2. Statistics
3. proceedings (reports)
4. Conference papers and proceedings
5. Conference papers and proceedings.
6. Statistics.
7. Actes de congrès.
8. Statistiques.

Contents

1. Disability, work and retirement -- New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor force participation, government policies, and GDP / John B. Shoven -- Comment / Erzo F. P. Luttmer -- Work disability: the effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- Labor market status and transitions during the pre-retirement years: learning from international differences / Arie Kapteyn...[et al.] -- Comment / Michael Hurd -- Education and disability -- The education gradient in old age disability / David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney -- Comment / Anne Case -- Social interactions and smoking / David M. Cutler and Edward L. Glaeser -- Comment / Arie Kapteyn -- Education and the prevalence of pain / Steven J. Atlas and Jonathan Skinner -- Economic circumstances and health -- Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo -- Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams -- What's past is prologue: the impact of early life health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case -- Comment / James P. Smith -- Income, aging, health, and well-being around the world: evidence from the Gallup world poll / Angus Deaton -- Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams -- Retirement saving -- The rise of 401(k) plans, lifetime earnings, and wealth at retirement / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- The impact of employer matching on savings plan participation under automatic enrollment / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian -- Comment / Daniel McFadden -- Housing price volatility and downsizing in later life / James Banks, Richard Blundell, Zoë Oldfield, and James P. Smith -- Comment / Steven F. Venti -- Medicare -- The narrowing dispersion of Medicare expenditures 1997-2005 / Jay Bhattacharya, Alan Garber, and Thomas MaCurdy -- Comment / Jonathan Skinner -- Mind the gap! consumer perceptions and choices of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans / Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter -- Comment / Amy Finkelstein.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.