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Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

ix, 424 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Aging--Economic aspects--Congresses.
Older people--Congresses.--Congresses.--Congresses.
Older people--United States--Economic conditions--Congresses.
Retirement income--Congresses.--Congresses.
Older people--Costs--Costs--Congresses.
Medicare--Congresses.--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Wise, David A.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2003. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction / Li Gan ... [et al.]. Individual subjective survival curves / James M Poterba ... [et al.] -- Passive decisions and potent defaults / James J. Choi ... [et al.] -- Characterizing the experiences of high-cost users in Medicare / Thomas MaCurdy, Jeff Geppert -- The efficiency of medicare / Jonathan Skinner ... [et al.] -- Intensive medical technology and the reduction in disability / David M. Cutler -- Broken down by work and sex: how our health declines / Anne Case, Angus Deaton -- Consequences and predictors of new health events / James P. Smith -- Healthy, wealthy, and knowing where to live: trajectories of health, wealth, and living arrangements among the oldest old / Florian Heiss ... [et al.] -- Institutions and saving for retirement: comparing the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands / Arie Kapteyn, Constantijn Panis -- Household saving in Germany: results of the first SAVE study / Axel B©œrsch-Supan, Lothar Essig -- Caste, culture, and the status and well-being of widows in India / Robert Jensen -- Individual subjective survival curves / Li Gan ... [et al.].

Series:

NBER conference report

ISBN:

9780226902869
0226902862 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56967059

LCCN:

2004062822

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)