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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

revised version published in: Social-Economic Review, July 2025, 23 (3), 1253–1285

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16165

Patient versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care

Martin B. Hackmann, Vincent Pohl, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (3), 178–218

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16124

Long-Run Consequences of Informal Elderly Care and Implications of Public Long-Term Care Insurance

Thorben Korfhage, Björn Fischer

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 96, 102884

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16116

'Earned, Not Given'? The Effect of Lowering the Full Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions

Mathias Dolls, Carla Krolage

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics; 2023, 223, 104909

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16100

Disability and Labor Market Performance

Matthias Collischon, Karolin Hiesinger, Laura Pohlan

revised version published online as 'Disability Onset and Labor Market Outcomes ' in: Socio-Economic Review, 10 April 2025

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. 16057

A Poisoned Gift? The Hireability Signals of an Income-Support Program for the Senior Unemployed

Axana Dalle, Philippe Sterkens, Stijn Baert

published in: JODE Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90 (4), 553-588

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16004

Trends in Gender and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Disability and Social Support among U.S. Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Living Alone, 2000–2018

Shanquan Chen, Huanyu Zhang, Benjamin R. Underwood, Dan Wang, Xi Chen, Rudolf N. Cardinal

published in: Innovation in Aging, 2023, 7 (4), igad028

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15998

The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game

Eve Caroli, Catherine Pollak, Muriel Roger

published in: Economie et Statistique/Economics and Statistics, 2023, 538, 49-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15981

Blowin' in the Wind of an Invisible Killer: Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Respiratory Mortality in the United States

Ziheng Liu, Xi Chen, Qinan Lu

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 53 (2025)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15972

Temperature and Low-Stakes Cognitive Performance

Xin Zhang, Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang

published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2024, 11 (1), 75–96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15934

Cognitive Misperception and Chronic Disease Awareness: Evidence from Blood Biomarker Data

Zhuoer Lin, Mingqi Fu, Xi Chen

published as 'Self-perceived memory is negatively associated with chronic disease awareness: Evidence from blood biomarker data' in: SSM - Population Health, 2023, 22, 101361

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15875

Training in Late Careers: A Structural Approach

Teresa Backhaus

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15797

The Effects of Employers' Disability and Unemployment Insurance Costs on Benefit Inflows

Tomi Kyyrä, Juha Tuomala

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102434

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15755

Telework during the Pandemic: Patterns, Challenges, and Opportunities for People with Disabilities

Mason Ameri, Douglas L. Kruse, So Ri Park, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Lisa Schur

published in: Disability and Health Journal, 2023, 16 (2), 101406

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15742

Do Pension Benefits Accelerate Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Rural China

Plamen Nikolov, Md Shahadath Hossain

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 594 - 617

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15726

The Effects of a Disability Employment Quota When Compliance Is Cheaper than Defiance

Judit Krekó, Álmos Telegdy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15709

Geographic Variation in Inpatient Care Utilization, Outcomes and Costs for Dementia Patients in China

Zhuoer Lin, Fang Ba, Heather Allore, Gordon G. Liu, Xi Chen

published in: China CDC Weekly, 2022, 4 (45), 997-1001

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15644

Long Social Distancing

José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15643

Temporal Discounting in Later Life

Ellam Kulati, Michal Myck, Giacomo Pasini

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 213, 87-101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15623

Job Preferences of Aged Care Workers in Australia: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment

Kostas Mavromaras, Linda Isherwood, Stephane Mahuteau, Julie Ratcliffe, Lily Xiao, Ann Harrington, Zhang Wei

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15577

The Effect of Removing Early Retirement on Mortality

Cristina Bellés Obrero, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, Han Ye

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15567

A Field Study of Age Discrimination in the Workplace: The Importance of Gender and Race. Pay the Gap

Nick Drydakis, Anna Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki Bozani

published in: Employee Relations, 2023, 45 (2), 304-327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15511

Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note

Xi Chen

published as 'The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission' in :The Lancet Commission Report, 2022, 400 (10367), P1967 - 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15495

Homeownership and the Perception of Material Security in Old Age

Claudius Garten, Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska

published in: Applied Economics, 2025, 57 (33), 4988 - 5000

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. 15457

Does It Matter Who Cares for You? The Effect of Substituting Informal with Formal Personal Care on the Care Recipients' Health

Bruce Hollingsworth, Asako Ohinata, Matteo Picchio, Ian Walker

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15432