Perspectives on the Economics of Aging

Preface ix Introduction 1(16) David A. Wise The Transition to Personal Accounts and Increasing Retirement Wealth: Macro- and Microevidence 17(64) James M. Poterba Steven F. Venti David A. Wise Comment Sylvester J. Schieber For Better or for Worse: Default Effects and 401(k) Savings Behavior 81(46) James J. Choi David Laibson Brigitte C. Madrian Andrew Metrick Comment James M. Poterba Aging and Housing Equity: Another Look 127(54) Steven F. Venti David A. Wise Comment Jonathan Skinner Intergenerational Transfers and Savings Behavior 181(24) Jeffrey R. Brown Scott J. Weisbenner Comment Alan J. Auerbach Wealth Portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States 205(42) James Banks Richard Blundell James P. Smith Comment John B. Shoven Mortality, Income, and Income Inequality over Time in Britain and the United States 247(40) Angus Deaton Christina Paxson Comment James Banks Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence from South African Pensions 287(26) Anne Case Comment Robert T. Jensen Socioeconomic Status, Nutrition, and Health among the Elderly 313(20) Robert T. Jensen Comment David M. Cutler Changes in the Age Distribution of Mortality over the Twentieth Century 333(34) David M. Cutler Ellen Meara Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality among U.S. Elderly 367(48) Victor R. Fuchs Mark McClellan Jonathan Skinner Comment Joseph P. Newhouse Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Tests for Direct Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status 415(112) Peter Adams Michael D. Hurd Daniel McFadden Angela Merrill Tiago Ribeiro Comment James M. Poterba Contributors 527(4) Author Index 531(4) Subject Index 535