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Health at Older Ages
Americans are living longer - and staying healthier longer - than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are …
G7 Current Account Imbalances
The current account deficit of the United States is more than six percent of its gross domestic product—an all-time high. And the rest of the world, including other G7 countries …
The Impact of International Trade on Wages
Since the early 1980s, the US economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled …
Targeting Investments in Children
A substantial number of American children experience poverty: about seventeen percent of those under the age of eighteen meet the government's definition, and the proportion is …
The Decline of Latin American Economies
Latin America's economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the …
American Economic Growth and Standards of Living before the Civil War
This benchmark volume addresses the debate over the effects of early industrialization on standards of living during the decades before the Civil War. Its contributors demonstrate …
Mexican Immigration to the United States
From debates on Capitol Hill to the popular media, Mexican immigrants are the subject of widespread controversy. By 2003, their growing numbers accounted for 28.3 percent of all …
International Policy Coordination and Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Since the five largest industrial democracies concluded the Plaza Agreement in 1985, the theory and practice of international economic policy coordination has become the subject of …
Perspectives on the Economics of Aging
This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. …
Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States
This volume, the fourth to result from a remarkably productive collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a …