Perspectives on the Economics of Aging

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Preface
Introduction
The Transition to Personal Accounts and Increasing Requirement Wealth: Macro-and Microevidence
For Better or Worse: Default Effects and 401 (k) Savings Behavior
Aging and Housing Equity: Another Look
Intergenerational Transfers and Savings Behavior
Wealth Portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States
Mortality, Income, and Income Inequality over Time in Britain and the United States
Does Money Protect Health Status? Evidence from South African Pensions
Socioeconomic Status, Nutrition, and Health among the Elderly
Changes in the Age Distribution of Mortality over the Twentieth Century
Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality among U.S. Elderly
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Tests for Direct Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status