The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada
Documents the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades in Canada and investigates trends in work after retirement.
Publications
The publications below were produced through research projects in the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
2011
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Economic Preparation for Retirement
Defines and estimates measures of economic preparation for retirement based on an inventory of economic resources while taking into account the risk of living to advanced old age and the risk of high out-of-pocket spending for health care services.
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Why Do Some Irish Drink So Much? Family, Historical and Regional Effects on Students' Alcohol Consumption and Subjective Normative Thresholds
Studies determinants of drinking behavior and formation of subjective thresholds of acceptable drinking behavior using a sample of students in a major Irish University.
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Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
Using information from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this paper studies the living arrangements of the elderly in China.
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The Effect of Education on Health: Cross-Country Evidence
Combines three surveys (SHARE, HRS and ELSA) that include nationally representative samples of people aged 50 and over from thirteen OECD countries paper to shed light on the causal relationship between education and health outcomes.
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Exporting Poor Health: The Irish in England
Explores why the Irish-born population in England is in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect.
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The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, Wave 2: Interviewer Training Manual
Interviewer training manual for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey.
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The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, Wave 2: Interviewer Computer Manual
Interviewer computer manual for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey.
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Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States
Examines the link between retrospectively reported measures of childhood health and the prevalence of various major and minor diseases at older ages.
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Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
Uses unique experimental and survey data to investigate the behavior of Madrassa students, and how other groups in their communities interact with them.
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Are Americans Really Less Happy With Their Incomes?
Examines self-reported satisfaction with income in the Netherlands and the U.S. to find out if Americans are indeed really less satisfied.
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Framing Effects and Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior
This paper shows that individual intentions with regard to Social Security claiming ages are sensitive to how the early versus late claiming decision is framed.
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Income and Poverty among Older Koreans: Relative Contributions of and Relationship between Public and Family Transfers
Examines the economic wellbeing of the Korean elderly and their reliance on public and private transfers.
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Trends in the Employment of Married Mothers of Preschool-Aged Children in Taiwan
Examines trends in labor force participation among married mothers of preschool-aged children in Taiwan.
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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership
Examines the role of women helping women in corporate America.
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The Impact of Cutting Education Expenditures: The Case of Mexico in the 1980s
Studies the impact of expenditures on the returns to schooling within a context of dramatic reductions in public spending.
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The Effect of Education on Time Preferences
Finds that individuals who were successful in the admission lottery to public college in Mexico were, on average, more patient.
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The Exporter Productivity Premium along the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from Unconditional Quantile Regression with Firm Fixed Effects
Examines the productivity distribution of both exporting and non-exporting firms in German manufacturing industries while recognizing that it is potentially important to condition on firm fixed effects for estimation of this exporter premium.
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Anchoring Vignettes and Response Consistency
Concludes the need for a systematic experimental approach to the design of anchoring vignettes before using them in practice to achieve response consistency.
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Education, Training and Innovation in Transition Economies: Is there a Link?
Attempts to establish the effect of on-the-job-training and university education on the firm's innovation decision in transition economies of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
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Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions: The Role of Grannies
Analyzes how and to what extent child care is provided by grandmothers and how this task is combined with paid work in ten European countries.
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Employment Status, Quality of Matching, and Retirement in Korea: Evidence from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging
Explores how and why the probability of retirement differs between self-employed and wage-and-salary workers.
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Toward Standardization of Benefit-Cost Analyses of Early Childhood Interventions
Attempts to delineate a set of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses of early childhood programs.
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A Contribution to Health Capital Theory
Presents a theory of the demand for health, health investment and longevity, building on the human capital framework for health and addressing limitations of existing models.
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What is the Cost of Married Women's Paid Work?
Uses the 2003-2004 Consumer Expenditure Survey to assess costs incurred by dual-income, married-couple households.