Developments in the Economics of Aging
- Contents

Preface
Introduction
David A. Wise
I. Retirement Saving
1. Life-cycle Asset Allocation Strategies and the Distribution of 401(k) Retirement Wealth
James M. Poterba, Joshua Rauh, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise
Comment: Robert J. Willis
2. Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(k) Participation through Quick Enrollment
James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
II. Intergenerational Transfers
3. Population Aging and Intergenerational Transfers: Introducing Age into National Accounts
Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee, An-Chi Tung, Mun-Sim Lai, and Tim Miller
Comment: Andrew Samwick
III. Retirement Behavior
4. The Effect of Large Capital Gains or Losses on Retirement
Michael D. Hurd, Monika Reti, and Susann Rohwedder
Comment: Courtney Coile
5. Early Retirement, Social Security, and Well-Being in Germany
Axel Börsch-Supan and Hendrik Jürges
IV. Health and Economic Circumstances
6. How Do The Better Educated Do It? Socioeconomic Status and the Ability to Cope With Underlying Impairment
David M. Cutler, Mary Beth Landrum, and Kate A. Stewart
Comment: Michael D. Hurd
7. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
David M. Cutler and Edward L. Glaeser
8. Trends in Prescription Drug Use by the Disabled Elderly
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, and Thomas MaCurdy
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
9. Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa
Anne Case and Angus Deaton
Comment: Amitabh Chandra
10. The SES Health Gradient on Both Sides of the Atlantic
James Banks, Michael Marmot, Zoe Oldfield, and James P. Smith
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Economics and Business: Health Economics
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