Revisiting the Effect of Retirement on Cognition: Heterogeneity and Endowment [0.03%]
重新审视退休对认知的影响：异质性和赋权
Dawoon Jung,Jinkook Lee,Erik Meijer
Dawoon Jung
Since the seminal paper of Rohwedder and Willis (2010), the effect of retirement on cognition has drawn significant research interest from economists. Especially with ongoing policy discussions about public pension reforms and the increasin...
How Financial Literacy Shapes the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages [0.03%]
财务素养如何影响较大年龄群体对金融建议的需求
Hugh H Kim,Raimond Maurer,Olivia S Mitchell
Hugh H Kim
We investigate how financial literacy shapes older Americans' demand for financial advice. Using an experimental module fielded in the Health and Retirement Study, we show that financial literacy strongly improves the quality but not the qu...
Social security expansion and neighborhood cohesion: Evidence from community-living older adults in China [0.03%]
社会保障扩张与社区凝聚力：来自中国老年人的证据
Elizabeth Bradley,Xi Chen,Gaojie Tang
Elizabeth Bradley
Grants and services provided by the government may crowd out informal arrangements, thus weakening informal caring relations and networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of social security expansion on neighborhood cohesion of elders ...
The gender gap in education and late-life cognition: Evidence from multiple countries and birth cohorts [0.03%]
性别差异与教育和晚年认知：来自多国和不同世代的研究证据
Marco Angrisani,Jinkook Lee,Erik Meijer
Marco Angrisani
We document side-by-side trends in the gender gap of educational achievement and late-life cognition across countries. By and large, we find that, within the cohorts born between 1920 and 1959, women have had significantly lower educational...
The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach [0.03%]
基于感染的群体免疫方法下美国新冠肺炎疫情的经济负担分析及预测
Simiao Chen,Klaus Prettner,Michael Kuhn et al.
Simiao Chen et al.
Objectives: To assess the economic burden of COVID-19 that would arise absent behavioral or policy responses under the herd immunity approach in the United States and compare it to the total burden that also accounts for ...
Lauren Hersch Nicholas,Nicolae Done,Micah Baum
Lauren Hersch Nicholas
Occupational characteristics may improve or harm health later in life. Previous research, largely based on limited exposure periods, reached mixed conclusions. We use Health and Retirement Study data linked to the Department of Labor's O*Ne...
James P Smith
James P Smith
David Huffman,Raimond Maurer,Olivia S Mitchell
David Huffman
This paper examines heterogeneity in time discounting among a representative sample of elderly Americans, as well as its role in explaining key economic behaviors at older ages. We show how older Americans evaluate simple (hypothetical) int...
Maria Casanova,Emma Aguila
Maria Casanova
This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to study the cognitive function of Mexican-born older adults residing in the United States (Mexican immigrants). We find that, onc...
James Banks,Agar Brugiavini,Giacomo Pasini
James Banks
In this paper we discuss the value of international comparative empirical studies within the broad field of the economics of ageing. We argue the value is particularly great when such comparative research is based on long life-history data ...