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Title Themes in the economics of aging / edited by David A. Wise
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 402 pages) : illustrations
Series A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Contents 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
Summary This volume analyses a nexus of age-related issues. It looks at the implications of private and public personal retirement plans, focusing on the impact of 401(k) programs on retirement strategies. Next, the relationship between health and wealth is dissected from two different perspectives and correlated with striking increases in health-care spending over the past two decades, despite the improved health of older populations. The volume concludes with an investigation of the retirement effects of various social security provisions in both U.S. and German systems
Analysis Envejecimiento Aspectos económicos Congresos, conferencias, etc
Ancianos Condiciones económicas Congresos, conferencias, etc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aging -- Economic aspects
Older people -- Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
Aging -- Economic aspects
Older people -- Economic conditions
Veroudering (demografie)
Ouderdomsvoorzieningen.
Gezondheid.
Economische aspecten.
Form Electronic book
Author Wise, David A.
ISBN 9780226903330
0226903338