عنوان

Perspectives on the economics of aging /

0226386805

0226903052

0226903281

1281126152

6611126155

9780226386805

9780226903057

9780226903286

9781281126153

9786611126155

b739090

Perspectives on the economics of aging /

[Book]

edited by David A. Wise.

Chicago :

University of Chicago Press,

2004.

1 online resource (ix, 539 pages) :

illustrations

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The transition to personal accounts and increasing retirement wealth: macro- and microevidence / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Sylvester J. Schieber -- For better or for worse: default effects and 401(k) savings behavior -- James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Andrew Metrick. Comment: James M. Poterba -- Aging and housing equity: another look / Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Jonathan Skinner -- Intergenerational transfers and savings behavior / Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner. Comment: Alan J. Auerbach -- Wealth portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States / James Banks, Richard Blundell, James P. Smith. Comment: John B. Shoven -- Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States / Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson. Comment: James Banks -- Does money protect health status? evidence from South African pensions / Anne Case. Comment: Robert T. Jensen -- Socioeconomic status, nutrition, and health among the elderly / Robert T. Jensen. Comment David M. Cutler -- Changes in the age distribution of mortality over the twentieth century / David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara -- Area differences in utilization of medical care and mortality among U.S. elderly / Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McClellan, Jonathan Skinner. Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse -- Healthy, wealthy, and wise? tests for direct causal paths between health and socioeconomic status / Peter Adams, Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, Angela Merrill, Tiago Ribeiro. Comment: James M. Poterba.

0

This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the United States over the past few decades, contributors to the volume point to a dramatic shift from employer-managed, defined benefit pensions to employee-controlled retirement savings plans. Further, the legislative reforms of the 1980s and the booming stock market of the 1990s did their share to influence individual wealth accumulation patterns of.

Perspectives on the economics of aging.

9780226903057

401(k) plans.

Individual retirement accounts-- United States.

Older people-- United States-- Economic conditions.

Retirement-- Economic aspects-- United States.

Retirement income-- United States.

Aged-- statistics & numerical data.

Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Economics.

Health Status.

Retirement-- economics.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Épargne-retraite-- États-Unis.

Personnes âgées-- États-Unis-- Conditions économiques.

Régimes 401(k)

Revenu de retraite-- États-Unis.

401(k) plans.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Personal Finance-- Budgeting.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Personal Finance-- Money Management.

Economische aspecten.

Gezondheid.

Individual retirement accounts.

Older people-- Economic conditions.

Ouderdomsvoorzieningen.

Retirement-- Economic aspects.

Retirement income.

Veroudering (demografie)

Welvaart.

United States.

7

BUS-- 050010

BUS-- 050030

Wise, David A.

20201204000713.0

pn

[Book]

Y