1. Front matter to "Topics in the Economics of Aging": (p. -11 - -4) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Acknowledgments: (p. -1) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Introduction to "Topics in the Economics of Aging": David A. Wise (p. 1 - 19) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Three Models of Retirement: Computational Complexity versus Predictive Validity: Robin L. Lumsdaine, James H. Stock, David A. Wise (p. 21 - 60) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Stocks, Bonds, and Pension Wealth: Thomas E. MaCurdy, John B. Shoven (p. 61 - 78) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements: A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors: Axel Borsch-Supan, Vassilis Hajivassiliou, Laurence J. Kotlikoff (p. 79 - 108) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children: Axel Borsch-Supan, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, John N. Morris (p. 109 - 134) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Wealth Depletion and Life-Cycle Consumption by the Elderly: Michael D. Hurd (p. 135 - 162) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Patterns of Aging in Thailand and Cote d’Ivoire: Angus S. Deaton, Christina Paxson (p. 163 - 206) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Changing the Japanese Social Security System from Pay as You Go to Actuarially Fair: Tatsuo Hatta, Noruyoshi Oguchi (p. 207 - 248) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Payment Source and Episodes of Institutionalization: Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy (p. 249 - 274) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Incentive Regulation of Nursing Homes: Specification Tests of the Markov Model: Edward C. Norton (p. 275 - 304) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. Contributors: (p. 305 - 306) (bibliographic info) (download)

14. Author Index: (p. 307 - 310) (bibliographic info) (download)

15. Subject Index: (p. 311 - 315) (bibliographic info) (download)