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UNINA9910823266803321 |
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Titolo |
Inquiries in the economics of aging / / edited by David A. Wise |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-43115-X |
9786611431150 |
0-226-90325-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Collana |
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National Bureau of Economic Research project report |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Older people - United States - Economic conditions |
Health insurance - Economic aspects - United States |
Retirement - Economic aspects - United States |
Medical economics - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This volume consists of papers presented at a conference held at Carefree, Arizona, in May 1995"--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Insurance or Self-Insurance? Variation, Persistence, and Individual Health Accounts -- 2. What Is Technological Change? -- 3. Lump-Sum Distributions from Retirement Saving Plans : Receipt and Utilization -- 4. Does Medicare Eligibility Affect Retirement? -- 5. Caring for the Elderly: The Role of Adult Children -- 6. Measuring Poverty among the Elderly -- 7. The Covariance Structure of Mortality Rates in Hospitals -- 8. Household Wealth of the Elderly under Alternative Imputation Procedures -- 9. Subjective Survival Curves and Life Cycle Behavior -- 10. Cause-Specific Mortality among Medicare Enrollees -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For over a decade, the National Bureau of Economic Research has sponsored the Economics of Aging Program, under the direction of David A. Wise. The program addresses issues that affect the well-being of individuals as they age and a society that is composed increasingly of older people. Within the next twenty years, an unprecedented |
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