Economics of Aging

The Program on the Economics of Aging studies the health and economic circumstances of individuals as they age with particular emphasis on late-life experiences, as well as the broader economic consequences of population aging.

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Jonathan S. Skinner is a James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in the Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, and a professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. His research focuses on government transfer programs, health care technology, disparities in health care, and saving behavior. He has been an NBER affiliate since 1985.

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Shifting Wealth of US Age Groups
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In The Extraordinary Rise in the Wealth of Older American Households (NBER Working Paper 34131), Edward N. Wolff documents changes in age-wealth profiles in...
Long-Term Care around the World Gruber McGarry
Long-Term Care around the World
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Chapter Introduction and Summary, "Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Effects of Reforms on Retirement Behavior
Introduction and Summary, "Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Effects of Reforms on Retirement Behavior"
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The International Social Security (ISS) project compares the experiences of a dozen developed countries to study...
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