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Working Papers

2022

1. How Much Does Health Spending Eat Away at Retirement Income?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
2. Will Unretirement Help Solve the Labor Shortage?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2021

3. Do Men Who Work Longer Live Longer? Evidence from the Netherlands
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
4. How Has COVID-19 Affected Older Workers’ Labor Force Participation?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (5)
5. How Has COVID-19 Affected the Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (5)
6. How Much Does Social Security Offset the Motherhood Penalty?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
7. How does Student Debt affect Early-Career Retirement Saving?
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research (2016) View citations (1)

2020

8. Are Older Nontraditional Workers Able to Find Health and Retirement Coverage?
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
9. Do Older Workers Without Benefits Find Health and Retirement Coverage?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
10. Does Late Career Nontraditional Work Improve Retirement Security?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
11. Will Imports and Robots Push Older Workers into Nontraditional Jobs?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2019

12. How Does Contingent Work Affect SSDI Benefits?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
13. Retiring Earlier than Planned: What Matters Most?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
14. The Relationship between Occupational Requirements and SSDI Activity
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
15. What Financial Risks Do Retirees Face in Late Life?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
16. Will More Workers Have Nontraditional Jobs as Globalization and Automation Spread?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2018

17. How Does Delayed Retirement Affect Mortality and Health?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (18)
18. How Is the Mortality Gap Affecting Social Security Progressivity?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2017

19. How Much Does Motherhood Cost Women in Social Security Benefits?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
20. How Much Does Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending Eat Away at Retirement Income?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
21. Social Security and Total Replacement Rates in Disability and Retirement
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (7)

2016

22. Do Late-Career Wages Boost Social Security More For Women Than Men?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
23. How Job Options Narrow for Older Workers by Socioeconomic Status
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
24. The Impact of Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform on Labor Mobility
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
25. The Interconnected Relationships of Health Insurance, Health, and Labor Market Outcomes
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
26. Would Reducing the Price of Employing an Older Worker Improve Labor Market Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status? Evidence from Health Insurance Premium Restrictions
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research

2015

27. Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research (2014) View citations (7)
28. Delaying claiming past the early eligibility age of 62 has taken on increased importance. Individuals turning 62 with no job and limited income may be able to use temporary assistance programs such as Unemployment Insurance (UI), Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as sources of support prior to collecting Social Security benefits. To what extent do these programs allow recipients to delay Social Security claiming? The challenge in answering this question stems from the fact that program users’ dire economic straits may make them more likely to claim benefits from both Social Security and these programs, generating a misleading correlation between Social Security claiming and temporary assistance benefits. This paper constructs instruments for program generosity that vary with an individual’s state of residence but should not reflect the characteristics or circumstances of the individual
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
29. Do Catch-Up Contributions Increase 401 (K) Savings?
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
    Also in Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research (2015)
30. How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education?, Journal of Labor Research, Springer (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
31. Improving Employees’ Life and Disability Insurance Benefit Decisions: Results of an Employer Survey
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
32. Job Polarization and Labor Market Outcomes for Older, Middle-Skilled Workers
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
33. The Transition from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pensions: Does It Influence Elderly Poverty?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
34. What Causes Workers to Retire Before They Plan?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
35. Will the Average Retirement Age Continue to Increase?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2014

36. Do Longevity Expectations Influence Retirement Plans?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (8)
37. Do Tax Incentives Increase 401(k) Retirement Saving? Evidence from the Adoption of Catch-Up Contributions
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (5)
    Also in Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
38. How Do Subjective Longevity Expectations Influence Retirement Plans?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (11)
39. How Long Do Unemployed Workers Search For A Job?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
40. Lower-Income Individuals Without Pensions: Who Misses Out and Why?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
41. Why Don't Lower-Income Individuals Have Pensions?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2013

42. How Does the Composition of Disability Insurance Applicants Change Across Business Cycles?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (10)
43. How Important Is Medicare Eligibility in the Timing of Retirement?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
44. How Will Older Workers Who Lose Their Jobs During the Great Recession Fare in the Long-Run?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
45. Point of No Return: How Do Financial Resources Affect the Timing of Retirement After a Job Separation?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
46. Sticky Ages: Why Is Age 65 Still a Retirement Peak?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (11)
47. The Impact of Unemployment Insurance Extensions On Disability Insurance Application and Allowance Rates
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research (2011) View citations (20)
48. What Is the Long-Term Impact on Zebley Kids?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (7)

2012

49. Great Recession-Induced Early Claimers: Who Are They? How Much Do They Lose?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (6)
50. Holding Out or Opting Out? Deciding Between Retirement and Disability Applications in Recessions
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
51. Who Claimed Social Security Early Due to the Great Recession?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)

2011

52. Disability Insurance: Does Extending Unemployment Benefits Help?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
53. Long-Run Earnings Volatility and Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the SIPP Gold Standard File
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Journal Articles

2023

1. How did COVID-19 affect the labor force participation of older workers in the first year of the pandemic?
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22, (4), 509-523 View citations (1)

2017

2. How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education?
   Journal of Labor Research, 2017, 38, (3), 283-305 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education?, Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2016

3. How Do Financial Resources Affect the Timing of Retirement after a Job Separation?
   ILR Review, 2016, 69, (5), 1249-1279 View citations (1)

2013

4. The Effects of the Great Recession on the Retirement Security of Older Workers
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2013, 650, (1), 124-142 View citations (3)

2004

5. Stock prices and the equity premium during the recent bull and bear markets
   New England Economic Review, 2004, 63-85 View citations (2)

2003

6. Observations: index overstock
   Regional Review, 2003, (Q 3), 3

2002

7. Observations: bulls, bears, and ballclubs
   Regional Review, 2002, 12, (Q 3), 1