Themes in the economics of aging [electronic resource] /
edited by David A. Wise.
- University of Chicago Press, c2001.
- 1 online resource (ix, 402 p.) : ill.
- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report .
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preretirement cashouts and foregone retirement saving : implications for 401(k) asset accumulation / Personal security account 2000 plan, market outcomes, and risk / Are the elderly really over-annuitized? New evidence on life insurance and bequests / Mortality, education, income, and inequality among American cohorts / Predictors of mortality among the elderly / Trends in Medicare spending near the end of life / Concentration of medical spending : an update / Sources of cost difference in health insurance plans : a decomposition analysis / Incentive effects of Social Security under an uncertain disability option / Social Security incentives for retirement / Anticipated and actual bequests / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Sylvester J. Schieber and John B. Shoven -- Jeffrey R. Brown -- Angus Deaton and Christina Paxson -- Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, and Angela Merrill -- Jeffrey Geppert and Mark McClellan -- David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara -- Matthew Eichner, Mark McCellan, and David A. Wise -- Axel Börsch-Supan -- Courtney Coile and Jonathan Gruber -- Michael D. Hurd and James P. Smith.