Kathleen J. Mullen
Associate Professor, University of Oregon
Kathleen J. Mullen is an associate professor and Petrone Chair in the University of Oregon’s economics department. Her research addresses intersections between health and work. A longstanding focus of her research examines the effects of health on employment, particularly as they relate to disability insurance systems (such as Social Security Disability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation programs) and disability policy more generally. A second strand of research focuses on the role of job demands and working conditions in determining health status and labor force participation, particularly at older ages. A common thread throughout her work is the application of novel econometric and data collection methods to questions of causal inference, combining insights gained from structural modeling, quasi-experimental and experimental approaches. Mullen received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Projects
- UM23-19: Job Demands, Time Use, and the Timing of Retirement
- UM22-04: The Role of Physical, Cognitive and Interpersonal Occupational Requirements and Working Conditions on Disability and Retirement
- UM21-05: The Role of Physical and Cognitive Job Demands on Transitions into Retirement
- UM20-03: The Changing Nature of Work
- UM19-02: Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations
- UM17-08: Understanding Job and Retirement Transitions
- UM16-17: Working Conditions and Sustainable Work at Older Ages: An International Perspective
- UM16-08: Job Demands and Job Sustainability Over the Life Course
- UM15-03: Working Conditions over the Life Course
- UM12-17: SSDI and Healthcare Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts
- UM12-18: Does Disability Insurance Save Lives?
- UM11-Q1: Induced Entry into the SSDI Program: Using SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment
- UM11-01: What Are the Real Application Costs of SSDI? The Effect of Waiting Time on Labor Force Participation and Earnings
- UM10-04: Consistency of the Disability Determination Process and Labor Supply Outcomes
Publications
- The Role of Physical, Cognitive, and Interpersonal Occupational Requirements and Working Conditions on Disability and Retirement (Research Brief)
- The Role of Physical, Cognitive, and Interpersonal Occupational Requirements and Working Conditions on Disability and Retirement (Working Paper)
- The Role of Physical Job Demands and the Physical Work Environment in Retirement Outcomes (Research Brief)
- The Role of Physical Job Demands and the Physical Work Environment in Retirement Outcomes (Working Paper)
- The Changing Nature of Work (Research Brief)
- The Changing Nature of Work (Working Paper)
- Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations (Research Brief)
- Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations (Working Paper)
- 2019 RDRC Meeting: Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations (2019 RDRC)
- Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics (Research Brief)
- Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics (Working Paper)
- 2015 American Working Conditions Survey: Focus on Older Versus Younger Workers (Research Brief)
- 2015 American Working Conditions Survey: First Findings (Research Brief)
- 2015 American Working Conditions Survey: First Findings (Working Paper)
- 2015 American Working Conditions Survey: Focus on Older Versus Younger Workers (Working Paper)
- Disability Insurance and Healthcare Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts (Research Brief)
- Disability Insurance and Healthcare Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts (Working Paper)
- Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants (Conference Paper)
- Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment (Working Paper)
- Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment (Research Brief)
- Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants (Research Brief)
- Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants (Working Paper)
- Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt (Conference Paper)
- Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt (Working Paper)
- Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt (Research Brief)
Researchers by Institution
- AARP
- Abt Associates
- American University
- Arizona State University
- Australian National University
- Bocconi University
- Boston University
- Brookings Institute
- Brown University
- California State University
- Carleton University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
- City College of New York (CUNY)
- City University of New York
- Claremont Graduate University
- Columbia University
- Concordia University-Canada
- Copenhagen Business School
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
- European Commission
- Federal Reserve Bank of Minneanapolis
- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Federal Reserve Bank-Richmond
- Federal Reserve Bank-San Francisco
- Federal Reserve Board
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Goethe University
- Harvard University
- HEC Montréal
- Imperial College London
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Ithaca College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kyoto University
- Louisiana State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mathematica Policy Research
- Max Planck Institute
- Michigan State University
- National Institute on Aging
- National University of Singapore
- New School of Social Research
- New York University
- Occidental College
- Ohio State University
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Other
- Pennsylvania State University
- Princeton
- Purdue University
- RAND Corporation
- Social Security Administration
- Stanford University
- SUNY-Buffalo
- SUNY-Stony Brook
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Tech University
- The College of William & Mary
- Tilburg University
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Universidad de Chile
- University College London
- University of Alabama
- University of Arkansas
- University of Bristol
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California-Davis
- University of California-Irvine
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of California-San Diego
- University of Cambridge
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Essex
- University of Frankfort
- University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability
- University of New South Wales
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas
- University of Victoria
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Urban Institute
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wayne State University
- Wellesley College
- Williams College
- Yale University