Conference on the Economics of Aging.

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The NBER's "Conference on the Economics of Aging" took place in Carefree, Arizona on April 30 and May 1. Program Director David A. Wise of Harvard University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* James M. Poterba, MIT and NBER; Steven F. Venti, Dartmouth College and NBER; and David A. Wise, "Assets at End of Life and When First Observed: Looking Backwards"

* Michael Chernew and David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER; Kaushik Ghosh, NBER; and Mary Beth

Landrum, Harvard University, "Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy in the U.S. Elderly Population"

* John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER; James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER; Joshua Hurwitz, NBER; and David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard University and NBER, "Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison" (NBER Working Paper No. 21168)

* Philip Armour and Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation, and Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER, "Trends in Pension Cash-Out at Job Change and the Effects on Long-Term Outcomes"

* Florian Heiss, University of Dusseldorf; Daniel L. McFadden, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER; Joachim Winter and Amelie C. Wuppermann, University of Munich; and Yaoyao Zhu, University of Southern California, "Three Measures of Disease Prevalence: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

* Anne Case and Angus Deaton...