National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The future of American fertility / Samuel H. Preston and Caroline Sten Hartnett -- Comment: Gopi Shah Goda -- Fertility theories: can they explain the negative fertility-income relationship? / Larry E. Jones, Alice Schoonbroodt and Michèle Tertilt -- Comment: Amalia R. Miller -- Women's education and family behavior: trends in marriage, divorce and fertility / Adam Isen and Betsey Stevenson -- Comment: Enrico Moretti -- Adjusting government policies for age inflation / John B. Shoven and Gopi Shah Goda -- Comment: Warren C. Sanderson -- Old Europe ages: reforms and reform backlashes / Axel Börsch-Supan and Alexander Ludwig -- Comment: Alan J. Auerbach -- The final inequality: variance in age at death / Shripad Tuljapurkar -- Comment: Victor R. Fuchs -- Demographic trends, housing equity, and the financial security of future retirees / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti and, David A. Wise -- Comment: Thomas Davidoff -- Aging populations, pension operations, potential economic disappointment, and its allocation / Sylvester J. Schieber -- Comment: Steven F. Venti -- Financing Medicare: a general equilipbrium analysis / Orazio Attanasio, Sagiri Kitao, and Giovanni L. Violante -- Comment: Moshe Buchinsky -- Italians are late: does it matter? / Francesco C. Billari and Guido Tabellini -- Comment: Luigi Pistaferri