Frontiers in the economics of aging [electronic resource] /
edited by David A. Wise.
- University of Chicago Press, 1998.
- 1 online resource (ix, 497 p.) : ill.
- A National Bureau of Economic Research project report .
- National Bureau of Economic Research project report. .
"Papers presented at a conference held at Carefree, Arizona in April 1997"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Personal retirement saving programs and asset accumulation / Implications of rising personal retirement saving / Taxation of pensions / Medical costs of the young and old / Diagnosis and Medicare expenditures at the end of life / Impact of intrafamily correlations on the viability of catastrophic insurance / Health events, health insurance, and labor supply / Consumption and savings balances of the elderly / Stochastic forecasts for Social Security / Health, income, and inequality over the life cycle / Pensions and the distribution of wealth / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- John B. Shoven and David A. Wise -- David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara -- Alan M. Garber, Thomas MaCurdy, and Mark McClellan -- Matthew J. Eichner -- Mark McClellan -- Michael D. Hurd ... [et al.] -- Ronald Lee and Shripad Tuljapurkar -- Angus Deaton and Christina Paxson -- Kathleen McGarry and Andrew Davenport.