"Papers presented at a conference held at Carefree, Arizona in April 1997"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Personal retirement saving programs and asset accumulation / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Implications of rising personal retirement saving / Taxation of pensions / John B. Shoven and David A. Wise -- Medical costs of the young and old / David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara -- Diagnosis and Medicare expenditures at the end of life / Alan M. Garber, Thomas MaCurdy, and Mark McClellan -- Impact of intrafamily correlations on the viability of catastrophic insurance / Matthew J. Eichner -- Health events, health insurance, and labor supply / Mark McClellan -- Consumption and savings balances of the elderly / Michael D. Hurd ... [et al.] -- Stochastic forecasts for Social Security / Ronald Lee and Shripad Tuljapurkar -- Health, income, and inequality over the life cycle / Angus Deaton and Christina Paxson -- Pensions and the distribution of wealth / Kathleen McGarry and Andrew Davenport