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Julie ZissimopoulosSanta Monica Office Economist; Director, RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School EducationPh.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in international and public affairs, Columbia University; B.A. in political science and Spanish, Boston College |
Biography
Julie M. Zissimopoulos is an Economist at RAND, Professor of Economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Director of the Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging. Her research focuses on lifecycle behavior with regards to earnings, wealth and marriage and topics in the economics of aging including health and socio-economic status, labor force behavior, and family transfers. She received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2000.
Research Focus
Economics of aging; labor force participation and retirement; savings; intergenerational transfers; entrepreneurship and self-employment; marriage; health and socioeconomic status
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Intergenerational resource allocation
- Self-employment of older workers
- Financial incentives and retirement
- Association between marriage history and wealth and health
Selected Publications
David Loughran and Julie Zissimopoulos, "Why? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women", Journal of Human Resources, 44(2), 2009
Julie M. Zissimopoulos and Lynn A. Karoly, "Transitions to Self-Employment at Older Ages: The Role of Wealth, Health, Health Insurance and Other Factors", Labour Economics, 14(2), 2007
Zissimopoulos, J. and L. Karoly, Work and Well-Being Among the Self-Employed at Older Ages, AARP Public Policy Institute, 2007
Asch, E., S. Haider, and J. Zissimopoulos, "Financial Incentives and Retirement: Evidence from Federal Civil Service Workers", Journal of Public Economics, 89(3), 2005
Hurd, M.D., J.P. Smith, C. Panis and J. Zissimopoulos, Pension Annuitization and Social Security Claiming, in Developing an Annuity Market in Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Michael D. Hurd et al., "The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirement and Social Security Claiming", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 19(6), 2004
Goldman, Dana and J. Zissimopoulos, "Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries", Health Affairs, 22(3), 2003
Nicole Maestas and Julie Zissimopoulos, "How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging", Journal of Economic Perspectives
Biography
Julie M. Zissimopoulos is an Economist at RAND, Professor of Economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Director of the Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging. Her research focuses on lifecycle behavior with regards to earnings, wealth and marriage and topics in the economics of aging including health and socio-economic status, labor force behavior, and family transfers. She received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2000.
Research Focus
Economics of aging; labor; economics of the family; retirement; Social Security; Medicare; family policy
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Intergenerational resource allocation, self-employment of older workers
- Financial incentives and retirement
- Medical expenditures of the elderly
- Relationship between marriage wealth and earnings
Selected Publications
Zissimopoulos, J. and L, Karoly, "Transitions to Self-Employment at Older Ages: The Role of Wealth, Health Health Insurance and Other Factors", Labour Economics, 14 269-295, 2007
Asch, E., S. Haider, and J. Zissimopoulos, "Financial Incentives and Retirement: New Evidence from Federal Civil Service Workers", Journal of Public Economics, 89(3) 427-440, 2005
Goldman, Dana and J. Zissimopoulos, "Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries", Health Affairs, 22(3), 2003
Hurd, M.D., J.P.Smith and J. Zissimopoulos, "The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirement and Social Security Claiming", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 18, 2003
Julie Zissimopoulos, Resource Transfers to the Elderly: Do Adult Children Substitute Financial Transfers for Time Transfers?, RAND Corporation, 2001
Julie Zissimopoulos and Lynn Karoly, "Employment and Self-employment in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina", Demography
Nicole Maestas and Julie Zissimopoulos, "How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging", Journal of Economic Perspectives
Loughran, David and J. Zissimopoulos, "Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women", Journal of Human Resources
Research Focus
Economics of aging: health, retirement, savings behavior, self-employed older workers, and familial support networks
Selected Publications
"Transitions to Self-Employment at Older Ages: The Role of Wealth, Health, Health Insurance and Other Factors," Julie M. Zissimopoulos and Lynn A. Karoly, Labour Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2, Apr 2007
"Financial Incentives and Retirement: Evidence from Federal Civil Service Workers," Beth Asch et al., Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 89, No. 3, Feb 2005
"Self-Employment Among Older U.S. Workers," Lynn A. Karoly and Julie Zissimopoulos, Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 127, No. 7, July 2004
"Pension Annuitization and Social Security Claiming," M. D. Hurd et al., in Elsa Fornero, ed., Developing an Annuity Market in Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
"The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirement and Social Security Claiming," Michael D. Hurd et al., Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 19, No. 6, 2004
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