Investigations in the Economics of Aging
- Contents

Introduction
David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury
I. Financing Retirement
1. Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise
Comment: David Laibson
2. Economic Preparation for Retirement
Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
Comment: Robert J. Willis
3. How Well Are Social Security Recipients Protected from Inflation?
Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov
Comment: Michael D. Hurd
4. The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans
John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
Comment: Gopi Shah Goda
II. Health and Health Care
5. Dimensions of Health in the Elderly Population
David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum
Comment: David R. Weir
6. The Value of Progress against Cancer in the Elderly
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, Matthew Miller, and Daniella Perlroth
Comment: Amitabh Chandra
7. Self-Reported Disability and Reference Groups
Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, Arie Kapteyn, and James P. Smith
Comment: David M. Cutler
8. “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?” Revisited: An Analysis of the Causal Pathways from Socioeconomic Status to Health
Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter
Comment: Robert J. Willis
9. Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States
James Banks, Zoe Oldfield, and James P. Smith
Comment: Amitabh Chandra
10. The Financial Crisis and the Well-Being of America
Angus Deaton
Comment: Daniel McFadden
Contributors
Economics and Business: Business--Industry and Labor | Health Economics
Sociology: Demography and Human Ecology
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