Preface
Introduction
David A. Wise
I. Disability, Work, and Retirement
1. Policies, and GDP
John B. Shoven
Comment: Erzo F. P. Luttmer
2. Work Disability: The Effects of Demography, Health, and Disability Insurance
Axel Börsch- Supan
Comment: Robert J. Willis
3. Labor Market Status and Transitions during the Pre- Retirement Years: Learning from International Differences
Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest, and James Banks
Comment: Michael Hurd
II. Education and Disability
4. The Education Gradient in Old Age Disability
David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras- Muney
Comment: Anne Case
5. Social Interactions and Smoking
David M. Cutler and Edward L. Glaeser
Comment: Arie Kapteyn
6. Education and the Prevalence of Pain
Steven J. Atlas and Jonathan Skinner
III. Economic Circumstances and Health
7. Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Comment: Amitabh Chandra and
Heidi Williams
8. What’s Past Is Prologue: The Impact of Early Life Health and Circumstance on Health in Old Age
Anne Case
Comment: James P. Smith
9. Income, Aging, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Angus Deaton
Comment: Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams
IV. Retirement Saving
10. The Rise of 401(k) Plans, Lifetime Earnings, and Wealth at Retirement
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise
Comment: Robert J. Willis
11. The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment
John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian
Comment: Daniel McFadden
12. Housing Price Volatility and Downsizing in Later Life
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Zoë Oldfield, and James P. Smith
Comment: Steven F. Venti
V. Medicare
13. The Narrowing Dispersion of Medicare Expenditures 1997 to 2005
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber, and Thomas MaCurdy
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
14. Mind the Gap! Consumer Perceptions and Choices of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans
Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter
Comment: Amy Finkelstein
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index