The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

2013 - 2025

Current editor(s): D.E. Bloom, A. Sousa-Poza and U. Sunde

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2022, volume 21, articles C

Revisiting longer-term health effects of informal caregiving: Evidence from the UK

Jannis Stöckel and Judith Bom

The effect of volunteering on employment: Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Likun Mao and Charles Normand

Dynamics of health and labor income in Korea

Hoolda Kim and Sophie Mitra

Revisiting the effect of retirement on Cognition: Heterogeneity and endowment

Dawoon Jung, Jinkook Lee and Erik Meijer

The relationship of financial stress with the timing of the initial claim of U.S. Social Security retirement income

Donald Haurin, Stephanie Moulton and Caezilia Loibl

Beware of the employer: Financial incentives for employees may fail to prolong old-age employment

Svenja Lorenz, Thomas Zwick and Mona Bruns

Monetary cost estimation of care for functionally dependent older adults in Mexico

Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Luis David Jácome-Maldonado, Cynthia Beatriz González-Rivero, Luis Raymundo Lozano-Juárez, Pamela Tella-Vega and Carmen García-Peña

The relationship between age and subjective well-being: Estimating within and between effects simultaneously

Philipp Biermann, Jürgen Bitzer and Erkan Gören

2021, volume 20, articles C

A dynamic behavioral model of Korean saving, work, and benefit claiming decisions

David Knapp, Italo Lopez Garcia, Krishna Kumar, Jinkook Lee and Jongwook Won

The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach

Simiao Chen, Klaus Prettner, Michael Kuhn and David E. Bloom

How financial literacy shapes the demand for financial advice at older ages

Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer and Olivia Mitchell

Intra-familial transfers, son preference, and retirement behavior in South Korea

Kyeongkuk Kim, Sang-Hyop Lee and Timothy Halliday

The limited power of socioeconomic status to predict lifespan: Implications for pension policy

Arno Baurin

The effects of population aging on South Korea’s economy: The National Transfer Accounts approach

Hyun Kyung Kim and Sang-Hyop Lee

Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe

José J. Escarce and Lorenzo Rocco

Playing dead pool against the contributions system

Vincenzo Alfano and Salvatore Capasso

Fertility, Imperfect Labor Market, and Notional Defined Contribution Pension

Leran Wang

Population ageing and income inequality

Seokchae Hwang, Chung Choe and Koangsung Choi

Excess costs of dementia in old age (85+) in Germany: Results from the AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study

Lydia Neubert, Hans-Helmut König, Margrit Löbner, Melanie Luppa, Michael Pentzek, Angela Fuchs, Dagmar Weeg, Horst Bickel, Anke Oey, Birgitt Wiese, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Kathrin Heser, Michael Wagner, Dagmar Lühmann, Carolin van der Leeden, Wolfgang Maier, Martin Scherer, Steffi G Riedel-Heller and Christian Brettschneider

Evolution of inequalities in health care use among older people in Brazil: Evidence for the period 1998–2019

Anderson Moreira Aristides dos Santos, Lívia Triaca and Cesar Augusto Oviedo Tejada

The role of gender, education and family in the welfare organization: Disaggregating National Transfer Accounts

Gemma Abio, Concepció Patxot, Guadalupe Souto and Tanja Istenič

The nature and extent of demographic dividend in West Africa: National transfer account approach

Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Noah Olasehinde, Oyeteju Odufuwa and Olabanji Awodumi

2021, volume 19, articles C

Do living arrangements matter?—Evidence from eating behaviors of the elderly in rural China

Chang Liu, Fujin Yi, Zhigang Xu and Xu Tian

Why is ageing associated with lower adoption of new technologies? Evidence from voluntary medical male circumcision and a structural model

Nicholas Wilson

Lifetime employment–coresidential trajectories and extended working life in Chile

Ignacio Madero-Cabib and Andres Biehl

Later retirement and the labor market re-integration of elderly unemployed workers

Wolfgang Frimmel

The impact of cash transfers on child outcomes in rural Thailand: Evidence from a social pension reform

Tabea Herrmann, Attakrit Leckcivilize and Juliane Zenker

Informal caregiving and work: A high price to pay. The case of Baltic States

Irina Mozhaeva

Big data at work: Age and labor productivity in the service sector

Axel Börsch-Supan, Christian Hunkler and Matthias Weiss

Political violence and household savings: Evidence from the long-term effects of the Cultural Revolution

Logan Li

Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants

Amelie Constant and Nadja Milewski

Temps dip deeper: Temporary employment and the midlife nadir in human well-being

Alan Piper

A longitudinal perspective on inter vivos transfers between children and their parents in need of long-term care

Freya Diederich, Hans-Helmut König and Christian Brettschneider

The long term impact of Chilean policy reforms on savings and pensions

Carlos Madeira

Objective and subjective memory: Impact on the financial behavior of older adults in the United States

Su Hyun Shin

2021, volume 18, articles C

Trust and retirement preparedness: Evidence from Singapore

Benedict S.K. Koh, Olivia Mitchell and Joelle H. Fong

R&D-driven medical progress, health care costs, and the future of human longevity

Sebastian Böhm, Volker Grossmann and Holger Strulik

What are the effects of expanding social pension on health? Evidence from the Basic Pension in South Korea

Tae-Young Pak

The HRS around the world surveys—A review

James Smith

Worsening workers' health by lowering retirement age: The malign consequences of a benign reform

Ann Barbara Bauer and Reiner Eichenberger

Health insurance and poverty of the older population in the United States: The importance of a health inclusive poverty measure

Sanders Korenman, Dahlia K. Remler and Rosemary T. Hyson

Long-run health trends in Europe

Axel Börsch-Supan, Irene Ferrari and Luca Salerno

The evolution of labor force participation and the expected length of retirement in Brazil

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz and Matheus Lobo Alves Ferreira

Are pilot experiments random? Social connections and policy expansion in China

Jinyang Yang and Muchin I.A Bazan Ruiz

Aging, education and intergenerational flows in Uruguay

Veronica Amarante, Marisa Bucheli, Maira Colacce and Mathias Nathan

2020, volume 17, articles C

Who can predict their own demise? Heterogeneity in the accuracy and value of longevity expectations☆

Teresa Bago d'Uva, Owen O'Donnell and Eddy Van Doorslaer

Finland’s slow recovery from the financial crisis: A demographic explanation

Risto Vaittinen and Reijo Vanne

Counting unpaid work in Kenya: Gender and age profiles of hours worked and imputed wage incomes

Moses K. Muriithi, Reuben G. Mutegi and Germano Mwabu

The shock of falling among older Americans

Inas R. Kelly

The savings gap in Hungary

Róbert Iván Gál and Árpád Törzsök

Pension reforms or consequences of the economic crisis? Measuring the changes of pension incomes in selected EU countries using APC approach

Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Paweł Strzelecki and Wojciech Łątkowski

Reductions in local government spending on community-based social care and unmet social care needs of older people in England

Jose Iparraguirre

Private asset income in France: Is there a breakdown of intergenerational equity between 1979 and 2011?

Hippolyte d'Albis, Ikpidi Badji, Najat El Mekkaoui and Julien Navaux

Financial knowledge and portfolio complexity in Singapore

Benedict S.K. Koh, Olivia Mitchell and Susann Rohwedder

The effect of post-retirement employment on health

Michelle Pannor Silver, Adrian Rohit Dass and Audrey Laporte

Subsidies for elderly care with a pay-as-you-go pension

Masaya Yasuoka

Lifetime job demands and later life disability

Lauren Nicholas, Nicolae Done and Micah Baum

Short and long-term change in subjective well-being among voluntary and involuntary retirees

Márta Radó and Michaël Boissonneault

Do good working conditions make you work longer? Analyzing retirement decisions using linked survey and register data

Petri Böckerman and Pekka Ilmakunnas

Preparing for population ageing: Estimating the cost of formal aged care in China

Hong Mi, Xiaodong Fan, Bei Lu, Liming Cai and John Piggott

The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea

David E. Bloom, Simiao Chen, Michael Kuhn, Mark McGovern, Les Oxley and Klaus Prettner

A demographic headwind: Will an aging society reduce the real interest rate and potential growth?

Patrick Emerson and Shawn Knabb

The rising longevity gap by lifetime earnings – Distributional implications for the pension system

Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner and Holger Lüthen

Displaced, disliked and misunderstood: A systematic review of the reasons for low uptake of long-term care insurance and life annuities

Timo R. Lambregts and Frederik T. Schut

Health inequality among Chinese older adults: The role of childhood circumstances

Binjian Yan, Xi Chen and Thomas M. Gill

Willingness to pay for long-term home care services: Evidence from a stated preferences analysis

Anna Amilon, Jacob Ladenburg, Anu Siren and Stine Vernstrøm Østergaard

Tenure choice, portfolio structure and long-term care – Optimal risk management in retirement

Hans Fehr and Maurice Hofmann

Taking control: Active investment choice in Singapore’s national defined contribution scheme

Joelle H. Fong

Gone with the windfall – Germany's Second LTC Strengthening Act and its intergenerational implications

Lewe Bahnsen, Stefan Fetzer, Fabian Franke and Christian Hagist

Health, work, and income among middle-aged and older adults: A panel analysis for China

Sophie Mitra, Qin Gao, Wei Chen and Yalu Zhang

Investment in social capital by the Korean elderly and baby-boomers

Vladimir Hlasny and Jieun Lee

The influence of old-age retirement on health: Causal evidence from the Finnish register data

T. Kuusi, P. Martikainen and Tarmo Valkonen

Gender differences in widowhood in the short-run and long-run: Financial, emotional, and mental wellbeing

Jialu L. Streeter

Redistributive effects of different pension systems when longevity varies by socioeconomic status

Miguel Sánchez-Romero, Ronald Lee and Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Population Aging and Public Finances: Evidence from El Salvador

Werner Peña

Building on a pension: Second pillar wealth as a way to finance real estate?

Monika Bütler and Sabrina Stadelmann

Internet use and cognition among middle-aged and older adults in China: A cross-lagged panel analysis

Dandan Yu and Denzil Fiebig

Who bears the brunt? The impact of banking crises on younger and older workers

Mathijs A. van Dijk, Hendrik van Dalen and Martin Hyde

How does paid family leave affect unpaid care providers?

Joelle Saad-Lessler

Early life conditions and financial risk-taking in older age

Dimitris Christelis, Loretti Dobrescu and Alberto Motta

Estimating the income inequality-health relationship for the United States between 1941 and 2015: Will the relevant frequencies please stand up?

Jürgen Antony and Torben Klarl

Consumption- and productivity-adjusted dependency ratio with household structure heterogeneity in China

Xuehui Han and Yuan Cheng

Are homeownership patterns stable enough to tap home equity?

Alicia Munnell, Abigail N. Walters, Anek Belbase and Wenliang Hou

Does unemployment benefit duration affect inflows into unemployment? The impact of a law change for older workers

Jose Arranz and Carlos García-Serrano

Social security and retirement in fast-aging middle-income countries: Evidence from Korea

Hankyung Jun

The impact of population aging on business cycles volatility: International evidence

Silvana Dantas Guimarães and Gisele Ferreira Tiryaki