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NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health - Previous Issues

Issue No. 16, Summer 2006

  • The Effect of Default Options on Retirement Savings
  • Does Medical Care Reduce Disability? The Case of Cardiovascular Disease
  • The Effect of Depression on Retirement and Disability Insurance Applications
  • Abstracts of Selected Recent NBER Working Papers
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  • NBER Profile: Jonathan Gruber

    • Issue No. 15, Spring 2006

  • Incentives in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
  • How Do Lifecycle Investment Strategies Affect the Distribution of Re-tirement Wealth?
  • The Determinants of Mortality
  • Abstracts of Selected Recent NBER Working Papers
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  • NBER Profile: Michael D. Hurd

    • Issue No. 14, Winter 2006

  • Will the Rising Social Security Full Retirement Age Affect the Disability Insurance Rolls?
  • Do Advertisements for Smoking Cessation Products Help Smokers Quit?
  • Health Care Expenditures in the OECD
  • Abstracts of Selected Recent NBER Working Papers

    • Issue No. 13, Fall 2005

  • The Effect of Medicare on Medical Expenditures, Mortality, and Spending Risk
  • Savings Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families
  • Options for Price Indexing Social Security
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  • NBER Profile: Brigitte Madrian

    • Issue No. 12, Summer 2005

  • Advanced Purchase Commitments for a Malaria Vaccine
  • Would More Physical Education Reduce Youth Overweight?
  • The Effect of Report Cards on Medicare HMO Enrollment
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  • NBER Profile: Joseph P. Newhouse

    • Issue No. 11, Spring 2005

  • Did the 1998 Master Settlement Affect Prenatal Smoking?
  • Can "Active Decisions" Encourage Saving in 401(k) Plans?
  • The Effect of Rising Health Insurance Premiums on Employment

    • Issue No. 10, Winter 2005

  • Are Trust Fund Surpluses Spent or Saved?
  • Does Population Aging Affect Financial Markets?
  • The Market for Long-Term Care Insurance

    • Issue No. 9, Fall 2004

  • Do Medical Malpractice Costs Affect the Delivery of Health Care?
  • Do Changes in the Stock Market Affect Retirement Decisions?
  • The Effect of Anti-Fraud Enforcement on Medicare Costs and Quality

    • Issue No. 8, Summer 2004

  • Social Security and Elderly Poverty
  • Medical Report Cards and Hospital Quality
  • The Effect of ADHD on Educational Outcomes

    • Issue No. 7, Spring 2004

  • Does Health Insurance Affect Health Care Utilization and Health?
  • Investing 401(k) Balances in Company Stock
  • The Effect of Air Pollution on Infant Health

    • Issue No. 6, Winter 2004

  • Errors in the Social Security Disability Award Process
  • Does Enrolling in Medicare HMOs Affect Mortality?
  • Do Longer Maternity Leaves Affect Maternal Health?

    • Issue No. 5, Fall 2003

  • How the Aging Process Changed During the 20th Century
  • How Hospitals Respond to Changes in Medicare Reimbursements
  • The Effect of Welfare Reform on the Insurance Status and Health of Low-Income Families
    • Issue No. 4, Summer 2003
  • The Market for Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Insurance
  • The Labor Supply Effects of SSI
  • How Health Declines with Age
    • Issue No. 3, Spring 2003
  • The Effect of New Drugs on Longevity
  • Health Insurance Subsidies, Coverage, and Costs
  • Marriage Penalties in Social Security Programs
    • Issue No. 2, Winter 2003
  • Social Security and Retirement Around the World
  • Cigarette Taxes and Prenatal Smoking
  • Geography, Race, and Health
  • The Effect of Medicaid HMOs on Spending and Health Outcomes
    • Issue No. 1, Fall 2002
  • Health Insurance Coverage
  • How to Increase 401(k) Saving?
  • The Changing Character And Dramatic Growth Of Retirement Saving In the United States
  • Pensions and Health in South Africa

    • NBER Digest

    2006

  • Matching Incentives Raise Saving
  • Medicare and Its Impact

    2005

  • Social Security and Early Retirement
  • Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums
  • Why Obesity Lowers Wages
  • Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
  • The Effect of Newer Drugs on Survival
  • The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality
  • Do Federal Government Trust Funds Raise National Saving?
  • How Insurance Affects Hospital Care of Accident Victims
  • The Effect of Price Controls on Pharmaceutical Research
  • Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use Respond to Price Changes
  • Bulls, Bears, and Retirement Behavior
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    2004

  • Do Hospital Report Cards Matter?
  • Increasing Retirement Account Participation
  • Retirement and the Evolution of Pension Structure
  • Long-Term Care Insurance and Nursing Home Use
  • Advance Directives and Medical Care at the End of Life

    2003

  • Is Manual Labor Bad for Your Health?
  • Social Security Causes Earlier Retirement
  • Lower Social Security Benefits Reduced Mortality
  • The Purchase of Company Stock in 401(k) Plans
  • Public Disability Insurance and Private Health Insurance

    2002

  • Social Insurance Programs Have Large Labor Supply Effects
  • The Retirement Effects of Canada's Income Security Programs
  • 401(k) Plans Raise Total Saving
  • The Path of Least Resistance in 401(k) Plans
  • Does Social Security Redistribute to Low Income Groups?
  • Why do Death Rates Decline?
  • Aging and Housing Equity
  • Incomes and Mortality Patterns

    2000

  • Choice, Chance, and Wealth Dispersion at Retirement
  • An Investment-Based Social Security System Can Benefit Low-Income Groups
  • Social Security Does Not Redistribute Income
  • Social Security Reform Can Make Things Worse
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