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Author Wise, David A.

Title Frontiers in the Economics of Aging
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (510 pages)
Series National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
Contents Frontiers in the Economics of Aging; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Personal Retirement Plans; II. Health: Spending Patterns and Implications and Effect on Work; III. Methodological Innovations; IV. Views of Inequality; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary As America's population ages, economic research related to the elderly becomes increasingly important to public policy. Frontiers in the Economics in Aging directs attention to four topics: the role of retirement accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k)s in personal saving; the economics of health care; new advances in research methodology; and aging in relation to inequality. Some of the issues analyzed within these topics are the implications of rising personal retirement saving in recent years, how health and health insurance affect labor supply, and the effects of pensions on the distribution of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Aging -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
Aging -- Economic aspects
Older people -- Economic conditions
Retirement -- Economic aspects
United States
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98011612
ISBN 9780226903231
0226903230
128122412X
9781281224125
9786611224127
6611224122