5. Understanding the Improvement in Disability- Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Trends in Pension Cash- Out at Job Change and the Effects on Long- Term Outcomes 15
6. 2. Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison 45
7. 3. House Price Volatility and the Housing Ladder 87
8. 4. What Determines End- of-Life Assets? A Retrospective View 127
9. 5. Understanding the Improvement in Disability- Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population 161
10. 6. Are Black- White Mortality Rates Converging? Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 1993– 2010 205
11. 7. Measuring Disease Prevalence in Surveys: A Comparison of Diabetes Self- Reports, Biomarkers, and Linked Insurance Claims 227
12. 8. Challenges in Controlling Medicare Spending: Treating Highly Complex Patients 259
13. 9. Movies, Margins, and Marketing: Encouraging the Adoption of Iron- Fortified Salt 285
14. 10. Suicide, Age, and Well- Being: An Empirical Investigation 307
15. 11. Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach 339
16. Contributors 377
17. Author Index 381
18. Subject Index 385