Issues in the economics of aging [electronic resource] / edited by David A. Wise. - University of Chicago Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (viii, 394 p.) : ill. - National Bureau of Economic Research project report . - National Bureau of Economic Research project report. .

" ... papers presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on the Economics of Aging, in Carefree, Arizona, in May 1988"--P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Overview / David A. Wise -- But they don't want to reduce housing equity / Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise. Comment / Alan J. Auerbach -- The dynamics of housing demand by the elderly : user cost effects / Chunrong Ai ... [et al.]. Comment / Michael D. Hurd -- A dynamic analysis of household dissolution and living arrangement transitions by elderly Americans / Axel H. Börsch-Supan. Comment / Herman B. Leonard -- The American way of aging : an event history analysis / David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane. Comment / James H. Schultz -- Why don't the elderly live with their children? : a new look / Laurence J. Kotlikoff and John N. Morris. Comment / Axel H. Börsch-Supan -- Predicting nursing home utilization among the high-risk elderly / Alan M. Garber and Thomas MaCurdy. Comment / Joseph P. Newhouse. The pension inducement to retire : an option value analysis / James H. Stock and David A. Wise. Comment / Edward P. Lazear -- The joint retirement decision of husbands and wives / Michael D. Hurd. Comment / Gary Burtless -- How do the elderly form expectations : an analysis of responses to new information / B. Douglas Bernheim. Comment / Sherwin Rosen -- Adjusting to an aging labor force / Edward P. Lazear. Comment /Finis Welch -- Behavior of male workers at the end of the life cycle : an empirical analysis of states and controls / John Rust. Comment / Angus Deaton.

This companion volume to The Economics of Aging (1989) examines the economic consequences of an increasingly older population, focusing on the housing and living arrangements of the elderly, as well as their labor force participation and retirement.

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Old age--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.
Retirement--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Housing--United States--Congresses.
Vieillesse--Aspect économique--Congrès.--États-Unis
Retraite--Aspect économique--Congrès.--États-Unis
Personnes âgées--Logement--Congrès.--États-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.

Ageing Economics


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