Developments in the economics of aging /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009. |
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| Description: | ix, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7680963 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Retirement Saving
- 1. Life-cycle Asset Allocation Strategies and the Distribution of 401(k) Retirement Wealth
- Comment: Robert J. Willis
- 2. Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(k) Participation through Quick Enrollment
- Comment: Jonathan Skinner
- II. Intergenerational Transfers
- 3. Population Aging and Intergenerational Transfers: Introducing Age into National Accounts
- Comment: Andrew Samwick
- III. Retirement Behavior
- 4. The Effect of Large Capital Gains or Losses on Retirement
- Comment: Courtney Coile
- 5. Early Retirement, Social Security, and Well-Being in Germany
- IV. Health and Economic Circumstances
- 6. How Do The Better Educated Do It? Socioeconomic Status and the Ability to Cope With Underlying Impairment
- Comment: Michael D. Hurd
- 7. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
- 8. Trends in Prescription Drug Use by the Disabled Elderly
- Comment: Jonathan Skinner
- 9. Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa
- Comment: Amitabh Chandra
- 10. The SES Health Gradient on Both Sides of the Atlantic
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
