Themes in the economics of aging

Preretirement cashouts and foregone retirement saving : implications for 401(k) asset accumulation / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise

Personal security account 2000 plan, market outcomes, and risk / Sylvester J. Schieber and John B. Shoven

Are the elderly really over-annuitized? New evidence on life insurance and bequests / Jeffrey R. Brown

Mortality, education, income, and inequality among American cohorts / Angus Deaton and Christina Paxson

Predictors of mortality among the elderly / Michael D. Hurd, Daniel McFadden, and Angela Merrill

Trends in Medicare spending near the end of life / Jeffrey Geppert and Mark McClellan

Concentration of medical spending : an update / David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara

Sources of cost difference in health insurance plans : a decomposition analysis / Matthew Eichner, Mark McCellan, and David A. Wise

Incentive effects of Social Security under an uncertain disability option / Axel Börsch-Supan

Social Security incentives for retirement / Courtney Coile and Jonathan Gruber

Anticipated and actual bequests / Michael D. Hurd and James P. Smith.