Frontiers in the Economics of Aging.

Frontiers in the Economics of Aging.

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Aging -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses. Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses. Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses. Aging -- Economic aspects. Older people -- Economic conditions. Retirement -- Economic aspects. United States. Conference papers and proceedings.
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
Notes:	Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Frontiers in the Economics of Aging; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Personal Retirement Plans; II. Health: Spending Patterns and Implications and Effect on Work; III. Methodological Innovations; IV. Views of Inequality; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.