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18%OFFCutler, David, Wise, David - Health at Older Ages - 9780226132310 - V9780226132310
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Health at Older Ages

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Description for Health at Older Ages Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Cutler, David; Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 line drawings, 124 tables. BIC Classification: JKSG; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
Americans are living longer - and staying healthier longer - than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In "Health at Older Ages", a distinguished team of economists 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.This breakthrough volume argues that educational attainment, high socioeconomic status, an older retirement age, and accessible medical care have improved the health and quality ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226132310
SKU
V9780226132310
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About Cutler, David, Wise, David
David Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics and Dean for the Social Sciences at Harvard University, and a research associate of the NBER. 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 ... Read more

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