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effects of declines in fine motor skills and cognition are not statistically different across differing occupational job …
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cognition for respondents in two developing countries: China and Indonesia, both with very low educated elderly populations …Schooling levels are monotonically and significantly related to higher levels of cognition for all three of the … expenditure (pce) is positively associated with cognition, more so in China. Other SES characteristics such as height, are also …
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cognitive function and that these improvements in cognition were clinically meaningful. Our results suggest that interventions …
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selected consumers into Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995)-style estimates of differentiated products demand systems. We extend …
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We use an experiment to test whether consumers optimally acquire information on energy costs in appliance markets where …, like many contexts, consumers are poorly informed and make mistakes despite freely-available information. We find consumers … mistakes: a conventional subsidy for energy-efficient products and a non-traditional subsidy paying consumers to view …
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The objective of the work reported in this paper is to find if the consumption data from the six waves of the Retirement History Survey are consistent with the life cycle hypothesis of consumption and to test the importance of a bequest motive for saving. The 12 data items which are used cover...
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In old age, consumption can fluctuate because of shocks to available resources and because health shocks affect utility from consumption. We find that even temporary drops in income and health are associated with drops in consumption and most of the effect of temporary drops in health on...
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This paper summarizes five facts that have emerged from the recent literature on consumption behavior during retirement. Collectively, the recent literature has shown that there is no puzzle with respect to the spending patterns of most households as they transition into retirement. In...
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Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage through Medicare approved plans offered by private insurance companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations, and subjective factors in the demand for prescription...
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