Twenty-five years ago, the largest academic behavioral and social science project ever
undertaken in the United States began: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The HRS is …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature linking health, health insurance and labor
market outcomes such as wages, earnings, employment, hours, occupational choice, job …

This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a
Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit financial incentives in the German pension …

This paper constructs a model of saving for retired single people that includes heterogeneity
in medical expenses and life expectancies, and bequest motives. We estimate the model …

This paper sketches theoretical reasons why health may alter household savings and
provides evidence on the empirical impact of health shocks on household wealth. The …

Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age (ERA) from 60 to 62 for
men and from 55 to 58.25 for women. We find that raising the ERA increased employment by …

Large earnings and ability differences exist across majors. This paper seeks to estimate the
monetary returns to particular majors as well as find the causes of the ability sorting across …

This paper develops a tractable econometric model of optimal migration, focusing on
expected income as the main economic influence on migration. The model improves on …

This paper estimates a life cycle model of labour supply, retirement, and savings behaviour
in which future health status and wages are uncertain. Individuals face a fixed cost of work …

Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the ability of the models to track the shift in
departure rates induced by the 1982 window plan. All forecasts were based on the …