Issues in the Economics of Aging
9780226902975
9780226903262
Issues in the Economics of Aging
403 pages | 121 tables, 39 figures | 6.00 x 9.00 | © 1990
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
Economics and Business: Economics--Development, Growth, Planning, Health Economics
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Overview
David A. Wise
1. But They Don’t Want to Reduce Housing Equity
Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise
Comment: Alan J. Auerbach
2. The Dynamics of Housing Demand by the Elderly: User Cost Effects
Chunrong Ai, Jonathan Feinstein, Daniel McFadden, and Henry Pollakowski
Comment: Michael D. Hurd
3. A Dynamic Analysis of Household Dissolution and Living Arrangement Transitions by Elderly Americans
Axel H. Börsch-Supan
Comment: Herman B. Leonard
4. The American Way of Aging: An Event History Analysis
David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane
Comment: James H. Schultz
5. Why Don’t the Elderly Live with Their Children? A New Look
Laurence J. Kotlikoff and John N. Morris
Comment: Axel H. Börsch-Supan
6. Predicting Nursing Home Utilization among the High-Risk Elderly
Alan M. Garber and Thomas MaCurdy
Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse
7. The Pension Inducement to Retire: An Option Value Analysis
James H. Stock and David A. Wise
Comment: Edward P. Lazear
8. The Joint Retirement Decision of Husbands and Wives
Michael D. Hurd
Comment: Gary Burtless
9. How Do the Elderly Form Expectations? An Analysis of Responses to New Information
B. Douglas Bernheim
Comment: Sherwin Rosen
10. Adjusting to an Aging Labor Force
Edward P. Lazear
Comment: Finis Welch
11. Behavior of Male Workers at the End of the Life Cycle: An Empirical Analysis of States and Controls
John Rust
Comment: Angus Deaton
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Overview
David A. Wise
1. But They Don’t Want to Reduce Housing Equity
Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise
Comment: Alan J. Auerbach
2. The Dynamics of Housing Demand by the Elderly: User Cost Effects
Chunrong Ai, Jonathan Feinstein, Daniel McFadden, and Henry Pollakowski
Comment: Michael D. Hurd
3. A Dynamic Analysis of Household Dissolution and Living Arrangement Transitions by Elderly Americans
Axel H. Börsch-Supan
Comment: Herman B. Leonard
4. The American Way of Aging: An Event History Analysis
David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane
Comment: James H. Schultz
5. Why Don’t the Elderly Live with Their Children? A New Look
Laurence J. Kotlikoff and John N. Morris
Comment: Axel H. Börsch-Supan
6. Predicting Nursing Home Utilization among the High-Risk Elderly
Alan M. Garber and Thomas MaCurdy
Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse
7. The Pension Inducement to Retire: An Option Value Analysis
James H. Stock and David A. Wise
Comment: Edward P. Lazear
8. The Joint Retirement Decision of Husbands and Wives
Michael D. Hurd
Comment: Gary Burtless
9. How Do the Elderly Form Expectations? An Analysis of Responses to New Information
B. Douglas Bernheim
Comment: Sherwin Rosen
10. Adjusting to an Aging Labor Force
Edward P. Lazear
Comment: Finis Welch
11. Behavior of Male Workers at the End of the Life Cycle: An Empirical Analysis of States and Controls
John Rust
Comment: Angus Deaton
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index