Economics of Aging

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How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging (with Julie M. Zissimopoulos), Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010)
Formerly Work at Older Ages: The Shape of Change
 

Health Economics

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Does Medicare Save Lives? (with David Card and Carlos Dobkin), Quarterly Journal of Economics (2009)
Health insurance characteristics shift at age 65 as most people become eligible for Medicare. We...
 

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The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare (with David Card and Carlos Dobkin), American Economic Review (2008)
 

Retirement Economics

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Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement, Journal of Human Resources (2010)
This forthcoming paper analyzes a puzzling aspect of retirement behavior known as "unretirement." Nearly 50...
 

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How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging (with Julie M. Zissimopoulos), Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010)
Formerly Work at Older Ages: The Shape of Change
 

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Burnout and the Retirement Decision (with Xiaoyan Li), University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, Working Paper (2007)
 

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Cohort Differences in Retirement Expectations and Realizations, Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? (2007)
 

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The Effect of Retirement Incentives on Retirement Behavior: Evidence from the Self-Employed in the United States and England (with Julie Zissimopoulos and Lynn Karoly), RAND Working Paper Series, WR-528 (2006)
 

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Price Variation in Markets with Homogeneous Goods: The Case of Medigap (with Mathis Schroeder and Dana P. Goldman), Price Variation in Markets with Homogeneous Goods: The Case of Medigap (2009)
About one-third of elderly Americans age 65 and older supplements their Medicare health insurance in...
 

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Peer Groups and Employment Outcomes: Evidence Based on Conditional Random Assignment in the U.S. Army (with Seo Yeon Hong and Pinar Karaca-Mandic), Pinar Karaca-Mandic (2008)
 

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Discouraged Workers? Job Search Outcomes of Older Workers (with Xiaoyan Li), University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, Working Paper (2006)
Many have suggested we adopt policies that explicitly encourage the elderly to work. Behind this...
 

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Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice (with Dana P. Goldman), National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper Series (2005)