David M. Cutler, David Wise, David A. Wise

Gebundenes Buch

Health at Older Ages

The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly

Herausgeber: Cutler, David M; Wise, David A

Beschreibung

Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations.

Autor

David M. Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics and Dean for the Social Sciences at Harvard University, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of Your Money or Your Life. David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School and director of the program on aging at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the coeditor of Analyses in the Economics of Aging, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Produktdetails

• National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780226132310
• ISBN-10: 0226132315
• Artikelnr.: 24080425