IZA Discussion Papers

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16377

Population Aging and Economic Growth: From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?

Rainer Kotschy, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16365

Why Has Science Become an Old Man's Game?

Christian Fons-Rosen, Patrick Gaule, Taras Hrendash

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. 16092

Does Extreme Temperature Exposure Take a Toll on Mental Health? Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Yanran Chen, Ruochen Sun, Xi Chen, Xuezheng Qin

published in: Environment and Development Economics, 2023, 28 (5), 486-451

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16073

Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection

Pataporn Sukontamarn, Niaz Asadullah, Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2023, 24, 1729–1757

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15739

Aging in Style: Does How We Write Matter?

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Lea-Rachel Kosnik

published as 'Aging in style: Seniority and sentiment in scholarly writing' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 90 (4), 1136-1164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15533

The Midlife Crisis

Osea Giuntella, Sally McManus, Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Ahmed Tohamy

published in: Economica, 2023, 90 (357), 65 - 110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15525

Tax Elasticity of Border Sales: A Meta-Analysis

Dat Huynh, Anna Sokolova, Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15520

Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location

Nils Braakmann, Arnaud Chevalier, Tanya Wilson

published in: American Economic Journal : Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (4), 144 - 160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15471

Long-Term Services and Supports and Disease Management among Older Chinese Adults in Different Stages of Cognitive Impairment

Zhuoer Lin, Xi Chen

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022, 23, 100405.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15432

Reaping the Rewards Later: How Education Improves Old-Age Cognition in South Africa

Plamen Nikolov, Steve Yeh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15371

Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Abilities at Older Ages: Causal Evidence from Nonparametric Bounds

Vikesh Amin, Jere R. Behrman, Jason M. Fletcher, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Hans-Peter Kohler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15228

A Comparative Perspective on Long-Term Care Systems

Rainer Kotschy, David E. Bloom

published in: International Social Security Review, 2022, 75 (3-4), 47-69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15227

Patterns of Time Use among Older People

Maddalena Ferranna, J.P. Sevilla, Leo Zucker, David E. Bloom

published in: David E. Bloom, Alfonso Sousa-Poza and Uwe Sunde (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing, Routledge, London, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15092

American Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19: Vulnerability Types, Aging Attitudes, and Emotional Responses

Mingqi Fu, Jing Guo, Xi Chen, Boxun Han, Farooq Ahmed, Muhammad Shahid, Qilin Zhang

published in: Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 9, 778084

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14725

One Country, Two Systems: Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China

John T. Giles, Xiaoyan Lei, Gewei Wang, Yafeng Wang, Yaohui Zhao

published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2023, 22 (2), 188-210

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14389

Population Aging and Migration

Panu Poutvaara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14161

Adverse Childhood Circumstances and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Lower Level or Faster Decline?

Zhuoer Lin, Xi Chen

published in: SSM - Population Health, 2021, 14, 100767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14098

Cognitive Impairment and Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses among U.S. Older Adults

Yuting Qian, Xi Chen, Diwen Tang, Amy S. Kelley, Jing Li

published as 'Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses Among U.S. Older Adults With Early Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment' in: Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2021, 76 (10), 1846 - 1853

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13939

How Effective are Matching Schemes in Enticing Low-income Earners to Save More for Retirement? Evidence from a National Scheme

Marc K. Chan, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins, Andrew Carter, Hang To

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13932

Pension Policies, Retirement and Human Capital Depreciation in Late Adulthood

Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman

updated version of this paper published as DP15742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13792

Working Less to Take Care of Parents? Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Four Latin American Countries

Marco Stampini, María Laura Oliveri, Pablo Ibarrarán, Diana Londoño, Ho June (Sean) Rhee, Gillinda M. James

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13774

Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold, Julia Schmieder

published online in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13725

Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making

Fabrizio Mazzonna, Franco Peracchi

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (6), 1793-1830

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12887

Influence in Economics and Aging

Pavel Jelnov, Yoram Weiss

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 77, 101992

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12829

Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe

José J. Escarce, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2021, 20, 100341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12764

Early Life Environments and Frailty in Old Age among Chinese Older Adults

Yaxi Li, Qian-Li Xue, Michelle C. Odden, Xi Chen, Chenkai Wu

published as 'Linking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ' in: Age and Ageing, 2020, 49 (2), 208 - 217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12561

Institutional Responses to Aging Populations and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach

Patrick M. Emerson, Shawn D. Knabb, Anca-Ioana Sirbu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12532

Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China

Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12524

Do Pension Benefits Accelerate Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Rural China

Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman

updated version published as DP15742 . (published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 594 - 617).

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12416

When Behavioral Barriers Are Too High or Low: How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions

Kalena E. Cortes, Hans Fricke, Susanna Loeb, David S. Song, Ben York

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, 102352

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12265

Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Patrick Button

published in: Czaja, S. J.; Sharit, J. and J. James (eds.), Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work, Springer: New York, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12244

Endogenous Demographic Change, Retirement and Social Security

Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni

published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2021, 25 (3), 609-631

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11966

Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Meta-Analysis

Anna Sokolova, Todd A. Sorensen

published in: ILR Review, 2021, 72 (1), 27-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11669

Too Little or Too Much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment

Kalena E. Cortes, Hans Fricke, Susanna Loeb, David S. Song

published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2021, 16 (2), 209-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11126

Age and Education in the Russian Labour Market Equation

Vladimir Gimpelson, Rostislav Kapeliushnikov

published as 'Age and education in the Russian labour market' in: T. Becker, S. Oxenstierna (eds.),The Russian Economy under Putin (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series), Routledge, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11035

Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations

Martín Caruso Bloeck, Sebastian Galiani, Pablo Ibarrarán

published in: Economica, 2019, 20 (1), 1 - 32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10958

Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10759

Female Suicide and the Concept of the Midlife Crisis

Andrew J. Oswald, Ahmed Tohamy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10734

Demographic Aging and Employment Dynamics in German Regions: Modeling Regional Heterogeneity

Thomas de Graaff, Daniel Arribas-Bel, Ceren Ozgen

published in: Stough, R. et al. (eds.): Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labour Markets, Springer, 2018, 211 - 231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10690

More Pensioners, Less Income Inequality? The Impact of Changing Age Composition on Inequality in Big Cities and Elsewhere

Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot

published in: U. Blien, K. Kourtit, P. Nijkamp & R. Stough (eds.), Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10610

Efficient Supply of Human Capital: Role of College Major

Sungjin Cho, Jihye Kam, Soohyung Lee

published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2018, 63 (5), 1319-1343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10256

Dynamics in Health and Employment: Evidence from Indonesia

Subha Mani, Sophie Mitra, Usha Sambamoorthi

published in World Development, 2018, 104: 297-309.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10164

Demography of Global Aging

David E. Bloom, Elizabeth Mitgang, Benjamin Osher

published in: Jean-Pierre Michel (ed.), Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, Oxford University Press, 2017, 3 - 10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10163

The Global Demography of Aging: Facts, Explanations, Future

David E. Bloom, Dara Lee Luca

published in: J. Poot, M. Roskruge (eds.), Population Change and Impacts in Asia and the Pacific, Springer, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10162

Population Aging in India: Facts, Issues, and Options

Arunika Agarwal, Alyssa Lubet, Elizabeth Mitgang, Sanjay Mohanty, David E. Bloom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10014

Impacts from Delaying Access to Retirement Benefits on Welfare Receipt and Expenditure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Umut Oguzoglu, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu

published in: Economic Record, 2020, 96 (312), 65–86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9969

Aging, Retirement and Pay-As-You-Go Pensions

Giam Pietro Cipriani

published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22, 1173-1183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9746

China's Family Planning Policies and Their Labor Market Consequences

Fei Wang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (1), 31-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9620

Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?

Emiko Usui, Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio

published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2016, 67 (2), 150 - 168

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9343

Cultural and Ethnic Differences in the Transitions from Work to 'Retirement' of Rural Elders in China’s Minority Regions

Rachel Connelly, Margaret Maurer-Fazio

published in: B. Gustafsson, R. Hasmath. S. Ding (eds), Ethnicity and Inequality in China, New York and Oxford: Routledge, 2021, 82-109. / published in Chinese, Beijing, 2017, 56-83.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9213

Left Behind, At Risk, and Vulnerable Elders in Rural China: What the RUMIC Data Reveal about the Extent, Causes, and Consequences of Being Left Behind

Rachel Connelly, Margaret Maurer-Fazio

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 140 - 153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9115

Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact Increase the Employment Rate of Older Workers in Belgium? A Macro-Econometric Evaluation

Muriel Dejemeppe, Catherine Smith, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4 (17)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8743

Migration and the Demographic Shift

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published in: Piggott, J. and A. Woodland (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Elsevier, North Holland, 2016, Vol. 1A, Ch. 3, 119-177.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8328

Migration in Italy is Backing the Old Age Welfare

Daniela Del Boca, Alessandra Venturini

published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8261

The Power of the Little Blue Pill: Innovations and Implications of Life Style Drugs in an Aging Population

Jacob LaRiviere, Hendrik Wolff

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53(1), 540-556

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7928

Equilibrium Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Endogenous Growth: Will the GDP Share of Health Spending Keep Rising?

Isaac Ehrlich, Yong Yin

revised version published in: Journal of Human Capital, 7(4), 411-447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7855

A Demographic Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa: Source, Magnitude, and Realization

David E. Bloom, Salal Humair, Larry Rosenberg, J.P. Sevilla, James Trussell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7784

Age and Opportunities for Promotion

C. Sofia Machado, Miguel Portela

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7604

Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing

Hannes Schwandt

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 122, 75-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7571

A Provocative Perspective on Population Aging and Old-Age Financial Protection

Robert Holzmann

published in: Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies 2013 50 (2), 107-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7571

A Provocative Perspective on Population Aging and Old-Age Financial Protection

Robert Holzmann

published in: Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies 2013 50 (2), 107-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7311

Does Mental Productivity Decline with Age? Evidence from Chess Players

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Selection and the Age-Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess Players' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2015, 110, 45–58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7009

Evidence for a ‘Midlife Crisis’ in Great Apes Consistent with the U-Shape in Human Well-Being

Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (49), 19949-19952

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6958

Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages?

Nicole Schneeweis, Vegard Skirbekk, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published as 'Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion?' in: Demography, 2014, 51 (2), 619-643

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6909

Aging and Productivity: Evidence from Piece Rates

Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6800

Global Pension Systems and Their Reform: Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

Robert Holzmann

published in: International Social Security Review 2013, 66 (2), 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6642

Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank

Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval, Malgorzata Wasmer

revised version published as 'Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition' in: European Economic Review, 2013, 61, 153-168.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6270

Hours of Work and Retirement Behavior

C. Sofia Machado, Miguel Portela

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3 (16), 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6188

Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6123

Firm-Sponsored Classroom Training: Is It Worth It for Older Workers?

Benoit Dostie, Pierre Thomas Léger

published in: Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 2014, 40 (4), 377-390

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6088

The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective

John T. Giles, Dewen Wang, Wei Cai

published in: M. Majmundar and J. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, Washington, DC,The National Academies Press, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5938

Does It Pay to Be Productive? The Case of Age Groups

Alessandra Cataldi, Stephan Kampelmann, François Rycx

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2012, 33 (3), 264-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5785

Antidepressants and Age

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published as 'Antidepressants and age: A new form of evidence for U-shaped well-being through life' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 127, 46-58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5276

Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter

David de la Croix, Olivier Pierrard, Henri R. Sneessens

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (1), 104-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5121

Are Older Workers Worthy of Their Pay? An Empirical Investigation of Age-Productivity and Age-Wage Nexuses

Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimaraes, José Varejão

published in: De Economist, 2011, 159 (2), 95-111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5037

Predictability of Asset Returns and the Efficient Market Hypothesis

M. Hashem Pesaran

published in: Aman Ullah and David E. Giles (eds.), Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance, Taylor & Francis. 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4166

Global Aging and Fiscal Policy with International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Perspective

Mehmet S. Tosun

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4161

Population Aging, Elderly Migration and Education Spending: Intergenerational Conflict Revisited

Mehmet S. Tosun, Claudia R. Williamson, Pavel Yakovlev

published in: Public Budgeting and Finance, 2012, 32 (2), 25-39

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. 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. 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. 3075

Is Well-Being U-Shaped over the Life Cycle?

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2008, 66 (8), 1733-49

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3071

Assessing Forecast Uncertainties in a VECX Model for Switzerland: An Exercise in Forecast Combination across Models and Observation Windows

Katrin Assenmacher-Wesche, M. Hashem Pesaran

published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2008, 203 (1), 91–108

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2415

Population Aging and Continued Education

Regina T. Riphahn, Parvati Trübswetter

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. 2246

Effects of Attrition and Non-Response in the Health and Retirement Study

Arie Kapteyn, Pierre-Carl Michaud, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published as 'Temporary and permanent unit non-response in follow-up interviews of the Health and Retirement Study' in: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 2011, 2 (2), 145 - 169

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2010

Informal Care and Employment in England: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Axel Heitmueller, Pierre-Carl Michaud

published as "A dynamic analysis of informal care and employment in England" (with Zafar Nazarov) in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (3), 455-465

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1885

Demographic Alternatives for Aging Industrial Countries: Increased Total Fertility Rate, Labor Force Participation, or Immigration

Robert Holzmann

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