Analyses in the Economics of Aging
416 pages
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69 line drawings, 123 tables
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6 x 9
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© 2005
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Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
David A. Wise
1. Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts
James M. Poterba, Joshua Rauh, Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise
Comment: Robert J. Willis
2. Passive Decisions and Potent Defaults
James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Andrew Metrick
Comment: Antonio Rangel
3. Characterizing the Experiences of High-Cost Users in Medicare
Thomas MaCurdy and Jeff Geppert
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
4. The Efficiency of Medicare
Jonathan Skinner, Elliott S. Fisher and John E. Wennberg
Comment: Alan M. Garber
5. Intensive Medical Technology and the Reduction in Disability
David M. Cutler
Comment: Alan M. Garber, p. 179-184
6. Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines
Anne Case and Angus Deaton
Comment: Daniel McFadden
7. Consequences and Predictors of New Health Events
James P. Smith
Comment: David M. Cutler
8. Healthy, Wealthy, and Knowing Where to Live: Trajectories of Health, Wealth, and Living Arrangements among the Oldest Old
Florian Heiss, Michael D. Hurd and Axel Börsch-Supan
Comment: Steven F. Venti
9. Institutions and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands
Arie Kapteyn and Constantijn Panis
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
10. Household Saving in Germany: Results of the First SAVE Study
Axel Börsch-Supan and Lothar Essig
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
11. Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India
Robert Jensen
Comment: Esther Duflo
12. Individual Subjective Survival Curves
Li Gan, Michael D. Hurd and Daniel McFadden
Comment: Robert J. Willis
David A. Wise
1. Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts
James M. Poterba, Joshua Rauh, Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise
Comment: Robert J. Willis
2. Passive Decisions and Potent Defaults
James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Andrew Metrick
Comment: Antonio Rangel
3. Characterizing the Experiences of High-Cost Users in Medicare
Thomas MaCurdy and Jeff Geppert
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
4. The Efficiency of Medicare
Jonathan Skinner, Elliott S. Fisher and John E. Wennberg
Comment: Alan M. Garber
5. Intensive Medical Technology and the Reduction in Disability
David M. Cutler
Comment: Alan M. Garber, p. 179-184
6. Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines
Anne Case and Angus Deaton
Comment: Daniel McFadden
7. Consequences and Predictors of New Health Events
James P. Smith
Comment: David M. Cutler
8. Healthy, Wealthy, and Knowing Where to Live: Trajectories of Health, Wealth, and Living Arrangements among the Oldest Old
Florian Heiss, Michael D. Hurd and Axel Börsch-Supan
Comment: Steven F. Venti
9. Institutions and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands
Arie Kapteyn and Constantijn Panis
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
10. Household Saving in Germany: Results of the First SAVE Study
Axel Börsch-Supan and Lothar Essig
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
11. Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India
Robert Jensen
Comment: Esther Duflo
12. Individual Subjective Survival Curves
Li Gan, Michael D. Hurd and Daniel McFadden
Comment: Robert J. Willis
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