Topics in the economics of aging [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David A. Wise

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451720503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1992
• ISBN: 1-281-43119-2; 9786611431198; 0-226-90334-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Collana: National Bureau of Economic Research project report
• Altri autori (Persone): WiseDavid A
• Disciplina: 305.2/6/0973
• Soggetti: Older people - United States - Economic conditions; Older people - Economic conditions; Old age - Economic aspects - United States; Old age - Economic aspects; Retirement - Economic aspects - United States; Retirement - Economic aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, Apr. 5-7, 1990.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Three Models of Retirement Computational Complexity versus Predictive Validity -- 2 Stocks, Bonds, and Pension Wealth -- 3 Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors -- 4 The Provision of Time to the Elderly by Their Children -- 5 Wealth Depletion and Life-Cycle Consumption by the Elderly -- 6 Patterns of Aging in Thailand and CBte d'Ivoire -- 7 Changing the Japanese Social Security System from Pay as You Go to Actuarially Fair -- 8 Payment Source and Episodes of Institutionalization -- 9 Incentive Regulation of Nursing Homes Specification Tests of the Markov Model -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The original essays and commentary in this volume-the third in a series reporting the results of the NBER Economics of Aging Program-address ; issues that are of particular importance to the well-being of individuals as they age and to a society at large that is composed increasingly of older persons. The contributors examine social security reform, including an analysis of the Japanese system; present the startling finding that the vast majority of people choose the wrong accumulation strategies for their pension plans; explore the continuing consequences of the decline in support of parents by children in the postwar period; investigate the relation between nursing home stays and the source of payment for the care; and offer initial findings on the implications of differences between developed and developing countries for understanding aging issues and determining appropriate directions for research.