Research findings in the economics of aging

Disability, work and retirement -- New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor force participation, government policies, and GDP / John B. Shoven -- Comment / Erzo F. P. Luttmer -- Work disability: the effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- Labor market status and transitions during the pre-retirement years: learning from international differences / Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest, and James Banks -- Comment / Michael Hurd -- Education and disability -- The education gradient in old age disability / David M. Cutler and Adriana Lleras-Muney -- Comment / Anne Case -- Social interactions and smoking / David M. Cutler and Edward L. Glaeser -- Comment / Arie Kapteyn -- Education and the prevalence of pain / Steven J. Atlas and Jonathan Skinner -- Economic circumstances and health -- Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo -- Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams -- What's past is prologue: the impact of early life health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case -- Comment / James P. Smith -- Income, aging, health and well-being around the world: evidence from the gallup world poll / Angus Deaton -- Comment / Amitabh Chandra and Heidi Williams -- Retirement saving -- The rise of 401(k) plans, lifetime earnings, and wealth at retirement / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- The impact of employer matching on savings plan participation under automatic enrollment / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian -- Comment / Daniel McFadden -- Housing price volatility and downsizing in later life / James Banks, Richard Blundell, Zoë Oldfied, and James P. Smith -- Comment / Steven F. Venti -- Medicare -- The narrowing dispersion of Medicare expenditures 1997-2005 / Jay Bhattacharya, Alan Garber, and Thomas Macurdy -- Comment / Jonathan Skinner -- Mind the gap! consumer perceptions and choices of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans / Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter -- Comment / Amy Finkelstein