Wealth, work, and health : innovations in measurement in the social sciences : essays in honor of F. Thomas Juster / James P. Smith and Robert J. Willis, editors.

Other author Smith, James P., 1943-
Other author Juster, F. Thomas (Francis Thomas), 1926-2010
Other author Willis, Robert J. (Robert James), 1940-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1999.
Descriptionvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / James P. Smith and Robert J. Willis -- The several cultures of research on subjective expectations / Jeff Dominitz and Charles F. Manski -- Measuring investment in young children with time diaries / N. Anders Klevmarken and Frank P. Stafford -- Unfolding bracket method in the measurement of expenditures and wealth / Daniel Hill -- Lifetime earnings, saving choices, and wealth at retirement / Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise -- Inheritances and bequests / James P. Smith -- Pensions and Social Security wealth in the Health and retirement study / Alan L. Gustman, [et al.]... --The size distribution of wealth in the United States: a comparison among recent household surveys / Edward N. Wolff -- Heath, work, and economic well-being of older workers aged fifty-one to sixty-one: a cross-national comparison using the U.S. HRS and the Netherlands CERRA data sets / Richard V. Burkhauser, [et al.]... -- Labor market transitions in the HRS: effects of the subjective probability of retirement and of pension eligibility / Michael D. Hurd -- The impact of education and heart attack on smoking cessation among middle-aged adults / Linda A. Wray, [et al.]... -- The association of influenza vaccine receipt with health and economic expectations among elders: the AHEAD study / Robert B. Wallace, Sara Nichols, and Michael D. Hurd -- Intergenerational transfers: blood, marriage, and gender effects on household decisions / Beth J. Soldo, Douglas A. Wolf, and John C. Henretta.
General noteA selection of 12 papers presented at a conference held in December 1996 at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) to honor Juster's contributions and mark his June 1997 retirement from ISR and the University of Michigan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 99022997
ISBN0472110268 (cloth : alk. paper)

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