Working Papers from 2007

2007

• Intertemporal Consumption with Directly Measured Welfare Functions and Subjective Expectations November 13, 2007

  Arie Kapteyn, Kristin J. Kleinjans, Arthur Van Soest

• Labor Market Status and Transitions during the Pre-Retirement Years: Learning from International Differences November 12, 2007

  Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur Van Soest, James Banks

• Medicaid Under-reporting in the Current Population Survey and One Approach for a Partial Correction October 21, 2007

  Michael Davern, Jacob Alex Klerman, Jeanette Ziegenfussi

• The Changing Relationship between Education and Marriage in the United States, 1940-2000 October 15, 2007

  Berna M. Torr

• The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review October 15, 2007

  Jeffrey Grogger, Lynn A. Karoly

• Emigration and Schooling among Second-Generation Mexican-American Children October 7, 2007

  Michael S. Rendall, Berna M. Torr

• Employment and Self-Employment in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina October 7, 2007

  Julie Zissimopoulos, Lynn A. Karoly

• The Effect of Retirement Incentives on Retirement Behavior: Evidence from the Self-Employed In the United States and England October 7, 2007

  Julie Zissimopoulos, Nicole Maestas, Lynn A. Karoly

• An Exploratory Study of Mothers' Perceptions of Acculturation Within the Preschool Context October 4, 2007

  Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Audrey Alforque Thomas

• The Impact of Health Insurance Status on Treatment Intensity and Health Outcomes August 13, 2007

  David Card, Carlos Dobkin, Nicole Maestas

• Business Cycle Comovement and Labor Market Institutions: An Empirical Investigation August 13, 2007

  Raquel Fonseca Benito, Lise Patureau, Thepthida Sopraseuth

• Price Variation in Markets with Homogeneous Goods: The Case of Medigap August 13, 2007

  Nicole Maestas, Mathis Schroeder, Dana P. Goldman

• Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice July 25, 2007

  Dana P. Goldman, Nicole Maestas

• Validating the Use of Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales July 25, 2007

  Arthur Van Soest, Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith

• Are 'Webographic' or Attitudinal Questions Useful for Adjusting Estimates From Web Surveys Using Propensity Scoring? July 25, 2007

  Matthias Schonlau, Arthur Van Soest, Arie Kapteyn

• Bayesian Estimation of Hispanic Fertility Hazards from Survey and Population Data July 5, 2007

  Michael S. Rendall, Mark S. Handcock, Stefan H. Jonsson

• Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs July 5, 2007

  Raquel Fonseca Benito, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Thepthida Sopraseuth

• Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans July 4, 2007

  Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur Van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva

• Twentieth Century U.S. Racial Inequalities in Mortality: Changes in the Average Age of Death and the Variability in the Age of Death for White and non-White Men and Women, 1900-2002 July 4, 2007

  Margaret M. Weden

• Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior July 4, 2007

  Margaret M. Weden, Ryan Andrew Brown

• Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement July 4, 2007

  Nicole Maestas

• The Kids Are OK: Divorce and Children's Behavior Problems June 3, 2007

  Jui-Chung Allen Li

• The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Neighborhood Observations Codebook May 31, 2007

  Christine E. Peterson, Narayan Sastry, Anne R. Pebley

• The Los Angeles Neighborhood Services and Characteristics Database: Codebook May 31, 2007

  Christine E. Peterson, Anne R. Pebley, Narayan Sastry

• Tracing the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Population of New Orleans: The Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study May 24, 2007

  Narayan Sastry

• Do Elderly Men Respond to Taxes on Earnings? Evidence from the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test April 15, 2007

  David S. Loughran, Steven Haider

• How did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age affect Retirement Expectations? March 22, 2007

  Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur Van Soest

• Time-Use in the Older Population: Variation by Socio-economic Status and Health March 21, 2007

  Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder

• Employment Protection Laws, Barriers to Entrepreneurship, Financial Markets and Firm Size January 30, 2007

  Raquel Fonseca Benito, Natalia Utrero

• Self Reported Disability and Reference Groups January 19, 2007

  Arthur Van Soest, Arie Kapteyn, Tatiana Andreyeva, James P. Smith

• Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Register Data January 19, 2007

  Arie Kapteyn, Jelmer Yeb Ypma

• Welfare Effects of Social Security Reforms Across Europe: The Case of France and Italy January 12, 2007

  Raquel Fonseca Benito, Thepthida Sopraseuth

• Labour-Market Reforms and the Beveridge Curve: Some Macro Evidence for Italy January 11, 2007

  Sergio Destafanis, Raquel Fonseca Benito

• Economic Well-Being at Older Ages: Income- and Consumption-Based Poverty Measures in the HRS January 11, 2007

  Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder