Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4034

Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

Andries de Grip, Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan

published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3993

Workplace Disability Diversity and Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis

Getinet Astatike Haile

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3929

Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania

Holger Seebens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3841

Does the Growth Process Discriminate against Older Workers?

François Langot, Eva Moreno-Galbis

published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 38, 286-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3826

Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents

Liliana E. Pezzin, Robert Pollak, Barbara Steinberg Schone

published in: Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2008, 63 (6), S349-S358.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3821

Pension Reforms and Women Retirement Plans

Tito Boeri, Agar Brugiavini

published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2008, 1 (1), 7 - 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3817

Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows

Norma B. Coe, Maarten Lindeboom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3717

Informal Care and Labor Supply

Elisabeth Fevang, Snorre Kverndokk, Knut Røed

substantially revised version published as 'Labor Supply in the Terminal Stages of Lone Parents’ Lives' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1399-1422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3635

Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business Cycle

Gerard J. van den Berg, Gabriele Doblhammer, Kaare Christensen

published in: Demography, 48(2) 2011, 507-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3617

Does the Color of the Collar Matter? Firm Specific Human Capital and Post-Displacement Outcomes

Guido Schwerdt, Andrea Ichino, Oliver Ruf, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Economic Letters, 2010, 108 (2), 137-140

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3504

Training Background and Early Retirement

Raymond Montizaan, Frank Cörvers, Andries de Grip

published as 'Training and retirement patterns' in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (15), 1991-1999

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3456

The Impact of Population Aging on the Labor Market: The Case of Sri Lanka

Milan Vodopivec, Nisha Arunatilake

published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2011, 4 (3), 141-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3431

Understanding Poverty among the Elderly in India: Implications for Social Pension Policy

Sarmistha Pal, Robert Palacios

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47 (7), 1017 - 1037

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3399

The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?

Petter Lundborg

published as 'The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 673-701

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3262

Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung

Werner Eichhorst

published in: Sozialer Fortschritt, 2008, 57 (2), 24-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3248

Sweden's Pensioners: How They Have Fared in the Roller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and a Half of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Mats Johansson, Edward Palmer

revised version published as "The Welfare of Sweden's Old-age Pensioners in Times of Bust and Boom from 1990" in: Ageing and Society, 2009, 29 (4), 539-561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3110

Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?

Andrea Ichino, Guido Schwerdt, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimüller

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2017, 9, 14-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3069

The Effect of Job Displacement on the Transitions to Employment and Early Retirement for Older Workers in Four European Countries

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

revised version published as "Job displacement and the transitions to re-employment and early retirement for non-employed older workers" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (4), 517-535

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2983

Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the "Inverse-U" Profile?

Michal Myck

revised version published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72 (3), 282-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2931

Firms and Early Retirement: Offers That One Does Not Refuse

Lutz Bellmann, Florian Janik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2847

Effects of Intergenerational Transfers on Elderly Coresidence with Adult Children: Evidence from Rural India

Sarmistha Pal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2726

How Does the Presence of Children Affect Dependent Care? A Psycho-Economic Approach

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Miriam Marcén, José Alberto Molina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2721

Recruitment and Job Applications of Older Jobseekers from the Establishments’ Perspective

Lutz Bellmann, Martin Brussig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2714

'Voluntary' and 'Involuntary' Early Retirement: An International Analysis

David Dorn, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (4), 427-438

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2668

The Effect of Pensions on Longevity: Evidence from Union Army Veterans

Martin Salm

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 212 (552), 595 - 619

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2649

Integrating Severely Disabled Individuals into the Labour Market: The Austrian Case

Brigitte Humer, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, Josef Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2648

Informal and Formal Care in Europe

Tarja Viitanen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2629

Golden Years? The Labor Market Effects of Caring for Grandchildren

Ying Wang, Dave E. Marcotte

published in: Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007, 69 (5), 1283-1297

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2574

Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (3), 956–978

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2564

Worker Characteristics, Job Characteristics, and Opportunities for Phased Retirement

Robert M. Hutchens

substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1010-1021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2492

Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland

Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn

published as 'The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(5), 718-728

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2467

Can Subjective Mortality Expectations and Stated Preferences Explain Varying Consumption and Saving Behaviors among the Elderly?

Martin Salm

revised version published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43(3), 1040-1057

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2435

Residential Mobility and Housing Adjustment of Older Households in Europe

Konstantinos Tatsiramos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2425

Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, Marta López

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2009, 69 (9), 1360–1367

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2358

Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages

Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (4), 774-794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2333

Elder Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China

John T. Giles, Ren Mu

published in: Demography, 2007, 44 (2), 265 - 288

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2273

Part-Time Pensions and Part-Time Work in Sweden

Eskil Wadensjö

published in: European Papers on the New Welfare, 2006, 6, 29-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1877

Analysis of Health and Longevity in Oldest-Old Population: A Health Capital Approach

Zhong Zhao

published in: Zeng Yi et al. (eds.), Healthy Longevity in China: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions, Berlin et al., 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1842

O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes

Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

published in: Economica, 2009, 76 (303), 528-556

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1820

SSI, Labor Supply, and Migration

David Neumark, Elizabeth T. Powers

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (3), 447-479

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1797

A Constitutional Theory of the Family

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 259-289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1575

Pathways to Early Retirement in Denmark, 1984-2000

Mona Larsen, Peder J. Pedersen

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(5), 384-409

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1571

The Benefits of Separating Early Retirees from the Unemployed: Simulation Results for Belgian Wage Earners

Raphaël Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1312

Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models

Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (5), 1312-1325

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1155

Who Among White Collar Workers Has an Opportunity for Phased Retirement? Establishment Characteristics

Robert M. Hutchens, Karen Grace-Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1116

Is There Such a Thing as a Family Constitution? A Test Based on Credit Rationing

Alessandro Cigno, Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Furio C. Rosati, Daniela Vuri

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2006, 4, 183 - 204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 816

The Early Retirement Burden: Assessing the Costs of the Continued Prevalence of Early Retirement in OECD Countries

Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson, Mike Orszag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 574

Understanding Interhousehold Transfers in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Russia

Randall Kuhn, Steven Stillman

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 53 (1), 131-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 457

Health and Work of the Elderly: Subjective Health Measures, Reporting Errors and the Endogenous Relationship between Health and Work

Maarten Lindeboom, Marcel Kerkhofs

published as: 'Health and work of the elderly: subjective health measures, reporting errors and endogeneity in the relationship between health and work' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24 (6), 1024 - 1046

IZA Discussion Paper No. 289

Old-Age Support in Developing Countries: Labor Supply, Intergenerational Transfers and Living Arrangements

Lisa A. Cameron, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

published as 'Do coresidency and financial transfers from the children reduce the need for elderly parents to works in developing countries?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21(4), 1007-1033

IZA Discussion Paper No. 249

"Should I Pay for You or for Myself?" The Optimal Level and Composition of Retirement Benefit Systems

Bernard M. S. van Praag, Pedro Cardoso