Preface
Introduction
David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury
1. Trends in Pension Cash-Out at Job Change and the Effects on Long-Term Outcomes
Philip Armour, Michael D. Hurd, and Susann Rohwedder
Comment: James M. Poterba
2. Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison
John Beshears, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
Comment: Daniel McFadden
3. House Price Volatility and the Housing Ladder
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Zoë Oldfield, and James P. Smith
Comment: Steven F. Venti
4. What Determines End-of-Life Assets? A Retrospective View
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise
Comment: Brigitte C. Madrian
5. Understanding the Improvement in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population
Michael Chernew, David M. Cutler, Kaushik Ghosh, and Mary Beth Landrum
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
6. Are Black-White Mortality Rates Converging? Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 1993–2010
Amitabh Chandra, Tyler Hoppenfeld, and Jonathan Skinner
Comment: David R. Weir
7. Measuring Disease Prevalence in Surveys: A Comparison of Diabetes Self-Reports, Biomarkers, and Linked Insurance Claims
Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, Joachim Winter, Amelie Wuppermann, and Yaoyao Zhu
Comment: James P. Smith
8. Challenges in Controlling Medicare Spending: Treating Highly Complex Patients
Thomas MaCurdy and Jay Bhattacharya
Comment: Hidehiko Ichimura
9. Movies, Margins, and Marketing: Encouraging the Adoption of Iron-Fortified Salt
Abhijit Banerjee, Sharon Barnhardt, and Esther Duflo
10. Suicide, Age, and Well-Being: An Empirical Investigation
Anne Case and Angus Deaton
Comment: David M. Cutler
11. Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach
Raquel Fonseca, Arie Kapteyn, Jinkook Lee, and Gema Zamarro
Comment: Anne Case
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index