Abstract

The aim of the subproject on the Subprojects Beliefs and Savings Behavior is to measure subjective probabilities of morality, and other economic and health events, and to relate to those beliefs to saving behavior. The first question is whether the elderly are """"""""rational"""""""" in their life- cycle planning, given their beliefs. The second is whether these beliefs are realistic.
A final aim of the project is to identify the size and correlates of the subpopulation of the elderly that are economically stressed, and determine the extent to which this condition is the result of """"""""bad luck"""""""", remediable with an actually fair insurance program, or is the result of bad planning or unrealistic beliefs, and thus less amenable to correction via a voluntary market solution. This subproject will use newly available panel data, including questions on subjective probabilities, from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) and the Survey of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-Old (AHEAD).

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
2P01AG005842-09
Application #
3745833
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
National Bureau of Economic Research
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Cambridge
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02138

  Publications

Cimas, M; Ayala, A; Sanz, B et al. (2018) Chronic musculoskeletal pain in European older adults: Cross-national and gender differences. Eur J Pain 22:333-345
Dobkin, Carlos; Finkelstein, Amy; Kluender, Raymond et al. (2018) Myth and Measurement - The Case of Medical Bankruptcies. N Engl J Med 378:1076-1078
Schwartz, Ella; Khalaila, Rabia; Litwin, Howard (2018) Contact frequency and cognitive health among older adults in Israel. Aging Ment Health :1-9
Sand, Gregor; Gruber, Stefan (2018) Differences in Subjective Well-being Between Older Migrants and Natives in Europe. J Immigr Minor Health 20:83-90
Reus-Pons, Matias; Mulder, Clara H; Kibele, Eva U B et al. (2018) Differences in the health transition patterns of migrants and non-migrants aged 50 and older in southern and western Europe (2004-2015). BMC Med 16:57
Henseke, Golo (2018) Good jobs, good pay, better health? The effects of job quality on health among older European workers. Eur J Health Econ 19:59-73
Dobkin, Carlos; Finkelstein, Amy; Kluender, Raymond et al. (2018) The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions. Am Econ Rev 108:308-52
Turley, Patrick; Walters, Raymond K; Maghzian, Omeed et al. (2018) Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG. Nat Genet 50:229-237
Rokicki, Slawa; Cohen, Jessica; Fink, Günther et al. (2018) Inference With Difference-in-Differences With a Small Number of Groups: A Review, Simulation Study, and Empirical Application Using SHARE Data. Med Care 56:97-105
Foverskov, Else; Glymour, M Maria; Mortensen, Erik L et al. (2018) Education and Cognitive Aging: Accounting for Selection and Confounding in Linkage of Data From the Danish Registry and Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Am J Epidemiol 187:2423-2430

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