2016 – Publication Years

Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Experimental (and Nonexperimental) Evidence

June 14, 2018
Older workers

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on the Labor Supply, Savings, and Social Security of Older Americans

June 14, 2018
Affordable Care Act, Labor Supply, Older workers, Social Security

This paper assesses the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the labor supply of Americans ages 50 and older. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we estimate a dynamic programming…

2015 MRRC Key Findings

June 14, 2018
Uncategorized

Occupational Transitions at Older Ages: What Moves are People Making?

June 14, 2018
Older workers

Consumption Smoothing During the Financial Crisis: The Effect of Unemployment on Household Spending

June 14, 2018
Labor force participation

Health Reform and Health Insurance Coverage of Early Retirees

June 14, 2018
Health reform, Retirement

How Home Equity Extraction and Reverse Mortgages Affect the Credit Outcomes of Senior Households

June 14, 2018
Financial well-being

Cohort Changes in Social Security Benefits and Pension Wealth

June 14, 2018
Health and Retirement Study, Social Security

Consumption Smoothing During the Financial Crisis: The Effect of Unemployment on Household Spending

June 14, 2018
Labor force participation

Because of data limitations, the quantification of consumption smoothing in response to economic shocks has been challenging to investigate empirically. We used monthly data on total household spending, income, and labor force participation to estimate the effects of unemployment on…

Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Laws Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Experimental (and Nonexperimental) Evidence

June 14, 2018
Disability, Older workers

We provide evidence from a field experiment — a correspondence study — on age discrimination in hiring for retail sales jobs. We collect experimental data in all 50 states and then relate measured age discrimination — the difference in callback…