Economics of Saving and Retirement in the U.S.

A MiCDA Research Signature Theme

The Health and Retirement Study and Panel Study of Income Dynamics provide rich data for analytical research on the economics of aging. Projects using these and other data explore a wide range of topics, including the effect of health and health insurance on retirement, accumulation of wealth, intergenerational transfers, and the effect of aging and cognition on economic behavior.

Modeling the Effect of Health on Retirement (Bound)

Modeling the Impact of Health Insurance on Retirement (Coverage Research Initiative) (Bound)

Economic and Health Determinants of Retirement Behavior Funding (Brown)

Health Insurance and Labor Supply: Evidence from Hypothetical Shocks to Wealth (Coverage Research Initiative) (Kimball)

A Life-Cycle Analysis of Health, Family Structure, Wealth and Retirement (Laitner)

Family Support and Rapid Social Change in South Africa (Lam)

Costs of Dementia (Langa)

Employer Provision of Retiree Health Insurance (Levy)

Food Stamp Use Among the Elderly: Evidence from Panel Data (Levy)

What Triggers Loss of Health Insurance Among the Near-Elderly? (Levy)

Social Security and the Joint Trend in Labor Supply and Benefit Claim Among Older Men (MacInnis)

Economic Status, Health, and Well-Being Over the Life Course and Across Generations (Schoeni)

Health, Wealth, and Pensions Over the Life Course in a Long Panel (Schoeni)

NSF Collaborative Exchange Between Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) (Stafford)

Subjective Life-Expectancy, Beliefs about HIV Transmission, and Long-term Planning (Thornton)

Health and Retirement Study (Weir)

Widowhood, Divorce and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (Coverage Research Initiative) (Weir)

Behavior on Surveys and in the Economy Using HRS (Willis)

Health and Retirement Study - SSA (Social Security Administration) Supplement (Willis)

Measuring the Effect of Aging on Perceptions and Behavior (Willis)

Retirement Savings, Subjective Expectations and Survey Measurement (Willis)

The Impact of Depression and Cognitive Impairment on Enrollment in Medicare Part D (Zivin)