A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Perspectives on the economics of aging.
International Standard Book Number
9780226903057
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.