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Working Papers

2017

1. What are the Costs and Benefits of Social Security Investing in Equities?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2016

2. How Would Investing in Equities Have Affected the Social Security Trust Fund?
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
3. Labor Force Dynamics in the Great Recession and its Aftermath: Implications for Older Workers
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2015

4. Do Retired Americans Annuitize Too Little? Trends in the Share of Annuitized Income
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
5. Post-War Trends in Labor Income in the Social Security Earnings Records
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
6. Sources of Increasing Differential Mortality Among the Aged by Socioeconomic Status
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)

2014

7. Changing Mortality Rates and Income Inequality among the U.S. Elderly
   Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (1)

2013

8. Can Educational Attainment Explain the Rise in Labor Force Participation at Older Ages?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (14)
9. Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Trends in Industrialized Countries
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
10. The Impact of Later Retirement on Government Budgets
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
11. The Impact of Population Aging and Delayed Retirement on Workforce Productivity
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (36)

2012

12. Effects of Employer Health Costs on the Trend and Distribution of Social Security-Taxable Wages
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
13. Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for Financing OASDI: An International Perspective
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2011

14. The Earnings and Social Security Contributions of Documented and Undocumented Mexican Immigrants
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)

2010

15. Income Distribution, Weekly Hours of Work, and Time for Child Rearing: The U.S. Experience in a Cross-National Context
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
16. Recessions, Wealth Destruction, and the Timing of Retirement
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (18)
17. The Shrinking Tax Preference for Pension Savings: An Analysis of Income Tax Changes, 1985-2007
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research

2009

18. Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Relative Income of the Elderly and Nonelderly
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
19. Impact of Immigration on the Distribution of American Well-Being
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
20. Lessons of the Financial Crisis for the Design of National Pension Systems
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Lessons of the Financial Crisis for the Design of National Pension Systems, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2010) View citations (7) (2010)

2008

21. The Rising Age at Retirement in Industrial Countries
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2007

22. Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America's Aged Population
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (5)
23. Failure to Launch: Cross-National Trends in the Transition to Economic Independence
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (17)
24. International Investment for Retirement Savers: Historical Evidence on Risk and Returns
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (9)

2006

25. Cross-National Evidence on the Burden of Age-Related Public Transfers and Health Benefits
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
26. Risk and Reward of International Investing for U.S. Retirement Savers: Historical Evidence
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)

2005

27. The Age Profile of Income and the Burden of Unfunded Transfers in Four Countries: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
    Also in LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2004) View citations (1)

2004

28. Supply-Side Consequences of Social Security Reform: Impacts on Saving and Employment
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (6)
29. The Impact of Aging on Financial Markets and the Economy: A Survey
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (23)

2002

30. American Inequality and Its Consequences
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
31. Evaluating Fundamental Pension Reform in Japan and the United States
    Discussion Paper, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
32. Is Working Longer the Answer for an Aging Workforce?
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (26)
    Also in Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research (2002) View citations (27)

2001

33. Can Supply-Side Policies Reduce Unemployment? Lessons from North America
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article Can Supply-Side policies Reduce unemployment? Lessons from North America, Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School (2002) View citations (2) (2002)
34. The Rationale for Fundamental Pension Reform in Germany and the United States: An Assessment
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2000

35. How Would Financial Risk Affect Retirement Income Under Individual Accounts?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
36. Retirement Trends and Policies to Encourage Work Among Older Americans
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (24)
37. Social Security Privatization and Financial Market Risk: Lessons from U.S. Financial History
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (19)
38. United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (5)

1981

39. "Double Dipping": The Combined Effects of Social Security and Civil Service Pensions on Employee Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article `Double dipping': the combined effects of social security and civil service pensions on employee retirement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1982) View citations (3) (1982)

1977

40. The Effect of Taxation on Labor Supply: Evaluating the Gary Negative Income Tax Experiment
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Taxation on Labor Supply: Evaluating the Gary Negative Income Tax Experiments, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1978) View citations (224) (1978)

Undated

41. The Job Prospects of U.S. Welfare Recipients: Lousier Pay but Bigger Earnings Supplements
    Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Improving the Fortunes of America’s Working Class
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, 695, (1), 331-344

2020

2. Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volumes 1A and 1B By John Piggott and Alan Woodland (eds.), North-Holland, 2016 ISBN 978-0-444-53842-0 (Vol. 1A) and 978-0-444-53840-6 (Vol. 1B), 1146 pages
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2020, 19, (4), 570-571
3. Public Pension Reform in the U.S. Presidential Campaign
   Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2020, 55, (2), 127-128

2019

4. Fixing Social Security: Major Reform or Minor Repairs?
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2019, 686, (1), 38-62

2015

5. Capital in the Twenty‐First Century, by Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2014, 685 pp., $39.95, hardcover
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34, (3), 719-727
6. Trends in the Well-Being of the Aged and Their Prospects through 2030
   Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2015, 18, (2), 97-118

2013

7. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, by Charles Murray, New York: Crown Forum/Random House, 2012, 407 pp., $27.00 hardcover
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32, (1), 211-218

2012

8. Can Improved Options for Private Saving Offer a Plausible Substitute for Public Pensions?*
   Politics & Society, 2012, 40, (1), 81-105
9. First Discussant Comment on “Potential Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Labor Market”
   The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2012, 12, (3), 8
10. Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment. Jeffrey R. Brown, Jeffrey B. Liebman, and David A. Wise, eds. University of Chicago Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-226-07648-5, 459 pages
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2012, 11, (1), 129-131

2010

11. Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Distribution of American Incomes
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2010, 13, (1), 41 View citations (10)
    See also Chapter Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Distribution of American Incomes, NBER Chapters, 2010 (2010) View citations (10) (2010)
12. Lessons of the Financial Crisis for the Design of National Pension Systems
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2010, 56, (3), 323-349 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Lessons of the Financial Crisis for the Design of National Pension Systems, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2007

13. Learning More from Social Experiments: Evolving Analytic Approaches, edited by Howard S. Bloom, New York: Russell Sage, 2005, 246 pp., $35 hardcover, $19.95 paperback
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007, 26, (3), 694-700

2004

14. Pension Reform and Saving
    National Tax Journal, 2004, 57, (3), 703-27 View citations (35)

2003

15. Has Widening Inequality Promoted or Retarded US Growth?
    Canadian Public Policy, 2003, 29, (s1), 185-202 View citations (2)
16. What Do We Know About the Risk of Individual Account Pensions? Evidence from Industrial Countries
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 354-359 View citations (7)

2002

17. Can Supply-Side policies Reduce unemployment? Lessons from North America
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2002, 5, (2), 115-142 View citations (2)
    Also in Australian Economic Review, 2002, 35, (1), 3-28 (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Can Supply-Side Policies Reduce Unemployment? Lessons from North America, CEPR Discussion Papers (2001) (2001)
18. Innovations in Labour Market Policies: The Australian Way Comments on an OECD Report
    Australian Economic Review, 2002, 35, (1), 97-103 View citations (3)

2001

19. Demographic shocks and global factor flows: discussion
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2001, 46
20. Welfare reform and New York City's low-income population - commentary
    Economic Policy Review, 2001, (Sep), 99-101

1999

21. Effects of growing wage disparities and changing family composition on the U.S. income distribution
    European Economic Review, 1999, 43, (4-6), 853-865 View citations (105)

1998

22. Book Review: Income and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions: Can We Afford to Grow Older? A Perspective on the Economics of Aging
    ILR Review, 1998, 51, (3), 528-529
23. Relative Unemployment in Canada and the United States: An Assessment
    Canadian Public Policy, 1998, 24, (s1), 254-263 View citations (3)

1997

24. Social Security reform in a global context
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1997, (jun), 243-274 View citations (3)
25. Social Security's Long-Term Budget Outlook
    National Tax Journal, 1997, 50, (3), 399-412 View citations (2)
26. The progress and distribution of U.S. living standards, 1959-1995
    The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 1997, 8, (2), 111-133 View citations (1)

1996

27. Trends in the Level and Distribution of U.S. Living Standards: 1973-1993
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1996, 22, (3), 271-290 View citations (10)

1995

28. Demographic change, rising earnings inequality, and the distribution of personal well-being, 1959–1989
    Demography, 1995, 32, (3), 379-405 View citations (73)
29. International Trade and the Rise in Earnings Inequality
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (2), 800-816 View citations (120)
30. Minimum wages in the US Popular with the public and there's no evidence they cost jobs
    New Economy, 1995, 2, (4), 204-209
31. North-South Trade: Employment and Inequality by Adrian Wood
    Challenge, 1995, 38, (5), 61-64
32. The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (2), 63-84 View citations (130)
33. Why Wages Aren’t Growing
    Challenge, 1995, 38, (6), 4-11

1993

34. The Contribution of Employment and Hours Changes to Family Income Inequality
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 131-35 View citations (6)

1992

35. Effects of Tax Reform on Labor Supply, Investment, and Saving
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (1), 3-25 View citations (45)
36. The economic future of American families: Income and wealth trends, by Frank Levy and Richard C. Michel. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 1991, 148 pp. Price: $33.00 cloth, $6.00 paper
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1992, 11, (3), 528-531

1991

37. The Decline in Saving: Evidence from Household Surveys
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1991, 22, (1), 183-256 View citations (141)

1990

38. Does a trend toward early retirement create problems for the economy?
    New England Economic Review, 1990, (Nov), 17-32
39. The Economist's Lament: Public Assistance in America
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1990, 4, (1), 57-78 View citations (10)

1989

40. Fiscal Policy and the Dynamic Inconsistency of Social Security Forecasts
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 91-96 View citations (2)

1987

41. Taxes and Transfers: How Much Economic Loss?
    Challenge, 1987, 30, (1), 45-51 View citations (7)

1986

42. Are Classical Experiments Needed for Manpower Policy
    Journal of Human Resources, 1986, 21, (4), 606-639 View citations (30)
43. Social Security, Earnings Tests, and Age at Retirement
    Public Finance Review, 1986, 14, (1), 3-27 View citations (16)
44. Social Security, Unanticipated Benefit Increases, and the Timing of Retirement
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1986, 53, (5), 781-805 View citations (151)
45. The work response to a guaranteed income: a survey of experimental evidence
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1986, 30, 22-59 View citations (38)

1985

46. Are Targeted Wage Subsidies Harmful? Evidence from a Wage Voucher Experiment
    ILR Review, 1985, 39, (1), 105-114 View citations (93)
47. The Joint Choice of Retirement Age and Postretirement Hours of Work
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (2), 209-36 View citations (89)

1983

48. Measuring the Impact of Nit Experiments on Work Effort
    ILR Review, 1983, 36, (4), 592-605 View citations (6)
49. Why Is Insured Unemployment So Low?
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1983, 14, (1), 225-254 View citations (24)

1982

50. Inferences Concerning Labor Supply Behavior Based on Limited-Duration Experiments
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (3), 488-97 View citations (11)
51. `Double dipping': the combined effects of social security and civil service pensions on employee retirement
    Journal of Public Economics, 1982, 18, (2), 139-159 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper "Double Dipping": The Combined Effects of Social Security and Civil Service Pensions on Employee Retirement, NBER Working Papers (1981) View citations (1) (1981)

1981

52. Inappropriate Comparisons as a Basis for Policy: Two Recent Examples from the Social Experiments*
    Journal of Public Policy, 1981, 1, (3), 381-399

1978

53. The Effect of Taxation on Labor Supply: Evaluating the Gary Negative Income Tax Experiments
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (6), 1103-30 View citations (224)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Taxation on Labor Supply: Evaluating the Gary Negative Income Tax Experiment, Working papers (1977) View citations (51) (1977)

Chapters

2010

1. Comment on "The Effect of Population Aging on the Aggregate Labor Market"
   A chapter in Labor in the New Economy, 2010, pp 417-423
2. Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Distribution of American Incomes
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, volume 13, 2010 View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Distribution of American Incomes, De Gruyter (2010) View citations (10) (2010)

2006

3. Wrap-up Discussion
   A chapter in Demography and Financial Markets, 2006

2004

4. Asset accumulation and retirement income under individual retirement accounts: evidence from five countries
   Chapter 6 in The Economics of an Ageing Population, 2004
5. Distributional impact of social security reform
   Chapter 5 in The Economics of an Ageing Population, 2004 View citations (1)