Analyses in the economics of aging [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Wise

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Aging - Economic aspects; Older people - Economic conditions; Older people - United States - Economic conditions; Retirement income; Older people - Medical care - Costs; Medicare
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WiseDavid A
• Note generali: Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Utility Evaluation of Risk in Retirement Saving Accounts -- 2. Passive Decisions and Potent Defaults -- 3. Characterizing the Experiences of High-Cost Users in Medicare -- 4. The Efficiency of Medicare -- 5. Intensive Medical Technology and the Reduction in Disability -- 6. Broken Down by Work and Sex: How Our Health Declines -- 7. Consequences and Predictors of New Health Events -- 8. Healthy, Wealthy, and Knowing Where to Live: Trajectories of Health, Wealth, and Living Arrangements among the Oldest Old -- 9. Institutions and Saving for Retirement: Comparing the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands -- 10. Household Saving in Germany: Results of the First SAVE Study -- 11. Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India -- 12. Individual Subjective Survival Curves -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement savings, the cost and efficiency of medical resources, and the predictors of health events. The volume begins with a discussion of the risks and merits of 401(k) plans. Subsequent chapters present recent analysis of the growth of Medicare costs; the different aspects of disability; and the evolution of health, wealth, and living arrangements over the life course. Keeping with the global tradition of previous volumes, Analyses in the Economics of Aging also includes comparative studies on savings behavior in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States; an examination of household savings among different age groups in Germany; and a chapter devoted to population aging and the plight of widows in India. Carefully compiled and containing some of the most cutting-edge research and analysis available, this volume should be of interest to any specialist or policymaker concerned with ongoing changes in savings and retirement behaviors.
• Titolo autorizzato: Analyses in the economics of aging
• ISBN: 1-281-12614-4; 9786611126148; 0-226-90321-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458260003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NBER conference report.