Table of Contents:
  • The transition to personal accounts and increasing retirement wealth: macro- and microevidence / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Sylvester J. Schieber
  • For better or for worse: default effects and 401(k) savings behavior
  • James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Andrew Metrick. Comment: James M. Poterba
  • Aging and housing equity: another look / Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. Comment: Jonathan Skinner
  • Intergenerational transfers and savings behavior / Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner. Comment: Alan J. Auerbach
  • Wealth portfolios in the United Kingdom and the United States / James Banks, Richard Blundell, James P. Smith. Comment: John B. Shoven
  • Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States / Angus Deaton, Christina Paxson. Comment: James Banks
  • Does money protect health status? evidence from South African pensions / Anne Case. Comment: Robert T. Jensen
  • Socioeconomic status, nutrition, and health among the elderly / Robert T. Jensen. Comment David M. Cutler
  • Changes in the age distribution of mortality over the twentieth century / David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara
  • Area differences in utilization of medical care and mortality among U.S. elderly / Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McClellan, Jonathan Skinner. Comment: Joseph P. Newhouse
  • Healthy, wealthy, and wise? tests for direct causal paths between health and socioeconomic status / Peter Adams, Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, Angela Merrill, Tiago Ribeiro. Comment: James M. Poterba.