Advances in the Economics of Aging.
Title:
Advances in the Economics of Aging.
Author:
Wise, David A.
ISBN:
9780226903200
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Series:
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
Contents:
Advances in the Economics of Aging -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Labor Market Behavior -- 1. The Effect of Labor Market Rigidities on the Labor Force Behavior of Older Workers -- 2. Why Are Retirement Rates So High at Age 65? -- 3. The Military Pension, Compensation, and Retirement of U.S. Air Force Pilots -- 4. Health Insurance and Early Retirement: Evidence from the Availability of Continuation Coverage -- II. Health Care -- 5. Medicare Reimbursement and Hospital Cost Growth -- III. Housing and Living Arrangements -- 6. Living Arrangements: Health and Wealth Effects -- IV. Saving and Wealth -- 7. Do 401(k) Plans Replace Other Employer-Provided Pensions? -- 8. Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow? -- V. Stylized Models and Simulations -- 9. Elderly Health, Housing, and Mobility -- 10. Intergenerational Transfers, Aging, and Uncertainty -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
This volume presents innovative research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons: labor market behavior, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth. Specific topics include the effect of labor market rigidities on the employment of older workers; the effect on retirement of the availability of continuation coverage benefits; and the influence of the prospective payment system (PPS) on rising Medicare costs. Also considered are the effects of health and wealth on living arrangement decisions; the incentive effects of employer-provided pension plans; the degree of substitution between 401(k) plans and other employer-provided retirement saving arrangements; and the extent to which housing wealth determines how much the elderly save and consume. Two final studies use simulations that describe the implications of stylized economic models of behavior among the elderly. This timely volume will be of interest to anyone concerned with the economics of aging.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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