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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Explorations in the Economics of Aging

David A. Wise, editor

Conference held May 2009
Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press
in NBER Book Series - The Economics of Aging


The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction to "Economics of Aging": David A. Wise (bibliographic info) (download)

1. Family Status Transitions, Latent Health, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Assets: James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: David Laibson (bibliographic info) (download)

2. How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals’ Mutual Fund Choices?: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Steven F. Venti (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures and Retirement Security in the United States: Samuel Marshall, Kathleen McGarry, Jonathan Skinner
       Comment: David R. Weir (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992-2006: Amitabh Chandra, Lindsay Sabik, Jonathan S. Skinner (bibliographic info) (download)

5. The Demand for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug coverage: Evidence from Four Waves of the Retirement Perspectives Survey: Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, Joachim Winter (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Amy Finkelstein (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Differential Mortality by Income and Social Security Progressivity: Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Michael D. Hurd (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Cognition and Economic Outcomes in the Health and Retirement Survey: John J. McArdle, James P. Smith, Robert Willis (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Finis Welch (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Aging, religion, and health: Angus Deaton (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: James P. Smith (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S. : Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Angus Deaton (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia Among the Poorest?: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster
       Comment: Amitabh Chandra, Heidi Williams (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Requiescat in Pace? The Consequences of High Priced Funerals in South Africa: Anne Case, Alicia Menendez (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Esther Duflo (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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