Introduction / David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury
Evidence for significant compression of morbidity in the elderly U.S. population / David M. Cutler, Kaushik Ghosh, and Mary Beth Landrum ; comment: Daniel McFadden and Wei Xie
The lifetime risk of nursing home use / Michael D. Hurd, Pierre-Carl Michaud, and Susann Rohwedder ; comment: David M. Cutler
A comparison of different measures of health and their relation to labor force transitions at older ages / Arie Kapteyn and Erik Meijer ; comment: Steven F. Venti
The nexus of social security benefits, health, and wealth at death / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise ; comment: Jonathan Skinner
Understanding the SES gradient in health among the elderly : the role of childhood circumstances / Till Stowasser, Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter ; comment: Robert J. Willis
Early retirement, mental health and social networks / Axel Börsch-Supan and Morten Schuth ; comment: Elaine Kelly
Spousal health effects : the role of selection / James Banks, Elaine Kelly, and James P. Smith ; comment: Amitabh Chandra
Grandpa and the snapper : the wellbeing of the elderly who live with children / Angus Deaton and Arthur A. Stone ; comment: David Laibson
Expectations, aging and cognitive decline / Gábor Kézdi and Robert J. Willis ; comment: John B. Shoven
Nutrition, iron deficiency anemia, and the demand for iron fortified salt : evidence from an experiment in rural Bihar / Abhijit Banerjee, Sharon Barnhardt, and Esther Duflo ; comment: Amitabh Chandra
The diffusion of new medical technology : the case of drug-eluting stents / Amitabh Chandra, David Malenka, and Jonathan Skinner ; comment: Jay Bhattacharya
Who uses the Roth 401(k),and how do they use it? / John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian ; comment: James M. Poterba.