IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US' in: JAMA Internal Medicine, 2024, 184 (8), 904-914

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17024

Live Longer and Healthier: Impact of Pension Income for Low-Income Retirees

Chiara Malavasi, Han Ye

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17009

Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami, Sebastian Schirner

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 225, 88-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16997

Children's Residential Proximity, Spousal Presence and Dementia Risk

Zhuoer Lin, Xuecheng Yin, Becca R. Levy, Yue Yuan, Xi Chen

published as 'Association of Children's Residential Proximity and Spousal Presence with Lower Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment' in: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2024, 32 (10), 1187-1199

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16838

Healthcare Quality and Dementia Risk

José M. Aravena, Xi Chen, Becca R. Levy

published as 'Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia' in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024, 72 (7), 2126-2132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16819

Behavioural Responses to Disability Insurance Generosity in a Work-Compatibility Setting

Francesca Zantomio, Michele Belloni, Vincenzo Carrieri, Elena Farina, Irene Simonetti

published as "Disability Insurance as a Complement to Labor Income: Evidence From Italian Administrative Data" in: Health Economics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16804

The Subsidy Trap: Explaining the Unsatisfactory Effectiveness of Hiring Subsidies for the Senior Unemployed

Axana Dalle, Elsy Verhofstadt, Stijn Baert

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 227, 106713

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16764

Childhood Circumstances and Health of American and Chinese Older Adults: A Machine Learning Evaluation of Inequality of Opportunity in Health

Shutong Huo, Derek Feng, Thomas M. Gill, Xi Chen

published in: China CDC Weekly, 2024, 6 (11), 213-218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16733

Early Life Exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the Health of Older Adults in China: A Meta-Analysis (2008–2023)

Chi Shen, Xi Chen

published in: China CDC Weekly, 2024, 6(11), 203-207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16672

Nothing Really Matters: Evaluating Demand-Side Moderators of Age Discrimination in Hiring

Axana Dalle, Louis Lippens, Stijn Baert

published online in: Social-Economic Review, 27 November 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16620

Unexpected Inheritances and Household Labor Supply: Does the Identity of the Recipient Matter?

Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2025, 71 (1), e12723

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16615

The "Demise of the Caregiving Daughter"? Gender Employment Gaps and the Use of Formal and Informal Care in Europe

Eric Bonsang, Joan Costa-Font

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16558

How and Why the Gender Pension Gap in Urban China Decreased between 1988 and 2018

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Peng Zhang, Hanrui Jia

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025, 73 (2), 651–678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16557

Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice, and If So Why?

Mette Gørtz, Sarah Sander, Almudena Sevilla

published as 'Does the Child Penalty Strike Twice?' in: European Economic Review, 2025, 172, 104942

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16545

Occupational Differences in the Effects of Retirement on Hospitalizations for Mental Illness among Female Workers: Evidence from Administrative Data in China

Tianyu Wang, Ruochen Sun, Jody L. Sindelar, Xi Chen

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2024 , 53, 101367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16411

The Growing Gap of Unmet Need: Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in 31 Countries

Yuting Qian, Shanquan Chen, Zhuoer Lin, Zexuan Yu, Mengxiao Wang, Xiaohui Hou, Xi Chen

also available as 'Silver Opportunity : Case Studies - The Growing Gap of Unmet Need : Assessing the Demand for, and Supply of, Home-Based Support for Older Adults with Disabilities in Thirty-One Countries', World Bank Report, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16357

Immigration Enforcement and the Institutionalization of Elderly Americans

Abdulmohsen Almuhaisen, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Delia Furtado

published in: Journal of Health Economoics, 2024, 94, 102859

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16217

Disability, Gender and Hiring Discrimination: A Field Experiment

Vegar Bjørnshagen, Dan-Olof Rooth, Elisabeth Ugreninov

published online in: European Societies, 01 January 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16209

Health and Wellbeing Spillovers of a Partner's Cancer Diagnosis

Viola Angelini, Joan Costa-Font

published in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, 2023, 212, 422 - 437