Frontiers in the Economics of Aging.

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Author / Creator:Wise, David.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Description:1 online resource (510 pages).
Language:English
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347130
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ISBN:9780226903231
0226903230
128122412X
9781281224125
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Summary:As America's population ages, economic research related to the elderly becomes increasingly important to public policy. Frontiers in the Economics in Aging directs attention to four topics: the role of retirement accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k)s in personal saving; the economics of health care; new advances in research methodology; and aging in relation to inequality. Some of the issues analyzed within these topics are the implications of rising personal retirement saving in recent years, how health and health insurance affect labor supply, and the effects of pensions on the distribution of.
Other form:9780226903040