Papers presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona in May 2011.
Financing retirement
Were they prepared for retirement? : financial status at advanced ages in the HRS and AHEAD cohorts / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise ; comment, David Laibson
Economic preparation for retirement / Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder ; comment, Robert J. Willis
How well are Social Security recipients protected from inflation? / Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita Nataraj Slavov ; comment, Michael D. Hurd
The availability and utilization of 401(k) loans / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian ; comment: Gopi Shah Goda
Health and health care
Dimensons of health in the elderly population / David M. Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum ; comment, David R. Weir
The value of progress against cancer in the elderly / Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, Matthew Miller, and Daniella Perlroth ; comment, Amitabh Chandra
Self reported disability and reference groups / Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, Arie Kapteyn, and James P. Smith ; comment, David M. Cutler
"Healthy, wealthy and wise?" revisited : an analysis of the causal pathways from socioeconomic status to health / Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter ; comment, Robert J. Willis
Childhood health and differences in late-life health outcomes between England and the United States / James Banks, Zoe Oldfield, and James P. Smith ; comment, Amitabh Chandra
The financial crisis and the well-being of America / Angus Deaton ; comment, Daniel McFadden.
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Investigations in the economics of aging. ISBN 9780226903132. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
