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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wise, David A.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

NBER conference report.

NBER conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Aging.

Older people--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Older people.

Older people--United States--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Retirement income--Congresses.

Retirement income.

Older people--Medical care--Costs--Congresses.

Medicare--Congresses.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement savings, the cost and efficiency of medical resources, and the predictors of health events. The volume begins with a discussion of the risks and merits of 401(k) plans. Subsequent chapters present recent analysis of the growth of Medicare costs; the different aspects of disability; and the evolution of health, wealth, and living arrangements over the life course. Keeping with the global tradition of previous volumes, Analyses in the Economics of Aging also includes comparative studies on savings behavior in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States; an examination of household savings among different age groups in Germany; and a chapter devoted to population aging and the plight of widows in India. Carefully compiled and containing some of the most cutting-edge research and analysis available, this volume should be of interest to any specialist or policymaker concerned with ongoing changes in savings and retirement behaviors.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts

2. Passive Decisions and Potent Defaults

3. Characterizing the Experiences of High-Cost Users in Medicare

4. The Efficiency of Medicare

5. Intensive Medical Technology and the Reduction in Disability

6. Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines

7. Consequences and Predictors of New Health Events

8. Healthy, Wealthy, and Knowing Where to Live: Trajectories of Health, Wealth, and Living Arrangements among the Oldest Old

9. Institutions and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands

10. Household Saving in Germany: Results of the First SAVE Study

11. Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India

12. Individual Subjective Survival Curves

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611126148

9781281126146

1281126144

9780226903217

0226903214

OCLC:

191727038