Suggested Sources for a Term Paper on the Elderly Labor Supply

Elderly Labor Supply in Developing Countries

Cameron, Lisa A.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. (2002), “Old-Age Labour Supply in the Developing World”, Applied Economics Letters v9, n10 (August 2002): 649-652.

Cameron, Lisa; D. Cobb-Clark, (2008), “Do coresidency and financial transfers from children reduce the need for elderly parents to work in developing countries”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 21, pp. 1007-1033.

de Carvalho, Evangelista, (2008), “Old-age benefits and retirement decisions of rural elderly in Brazil”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 86, pp 129-146.

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Elderly Labor Supply in Developed Countries

D’Addio, A.; M. Keese; E. Whitehouse, (2010), “Population Aging and Labor Markets”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol 26, No. 4, pp 613-634. (Consider only pp 613-624.)

Gaffney, D., (2012), “Work till you drop? A note on the potential and l;imits of employment adjustment to demographic change”, Quality in Aging and Older Adults, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp 275-.

Ghilarducci, T., (2010), “The future of retirement in aging societies”, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 24, no. 3, pp 319.331.

Goda, G.; J. Shoven and S. Slavov, (2007), “A Tax on Work for the Elderly: Medicare as a Secondary Payer”, NBER Working Paper 13383. pp1-22.

Haan, P. and V. Steiner, (2008), “Making Work Pay for the Elderly Unemployed- Evaluating Alternative Policy Reforms for Germany”, FinanzArchiv, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp.380-XXX,

Quinn, J., (2010), “Work, Retirement, and the Encore Career: Elders and the Future of the American Workforce”, Generations, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp 45-55.

Van Dalen, H.P.; K. Henkens, (2002), “Early-retirement reform: can it and will it work?”, Ageing and Society, Vol. 22, pp. 209-231.

Walter, M.; N. Jackson and B. Felmingham, (2008), “Keeping Australia’s Older Workers in the Labor Force. A Policy Perspective”, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp 291-309.

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The Role of Pensions

Blau, D.; R. Goodstein, (2010), “Can Social Security Explain trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the Uniteed States?”, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 45, no. 2, pp 328-356. (Consider only pp 328-331 and pp. 355-356.)

Cremer, H.; J. Lozachmeur and P. Pestieau, (2008) “Social Security and Retirement Decision: A Positive and Normative Approach”, Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 213-233.

Hurd, M. and S. Rohwedder, (2011), “Trends in Labor Force Participation: How Much is Due to Changes in Pensions?”, Population Ageing, Vol. 4, pp 81-96. (Consider only pp 81-86 and pp. 93-95.)

Mastrobuoni, G., (2009), “Labor supply effects of the recent social security benefit cuts: Empirical estimates using cohort discontinuities”, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 93, pp 1224-1233. (Consider only pp 1224-1226 and pp. 1232-1233.)

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The Role of Health and Disability

Campolieti, M., (2002), “disability and the labor force participation of older men in Canada”, Labour Economics, Vol. 9, pp 405-432. (Consider onl;y pp 405 and pp 427).

Gordo, L., (2011) “Compression of morbidity and the labor supply of older people”, Applied Economics, , Vol. 43 pp. 503-513. (Consider only pp 503-504 and pp 512.)

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The Role of Education

Stenburg, A. de Luna, X.; Westerlund, O., (2012), “Can Adult Education Delay Retirement from the Labor Market?”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 25, pp 667-696. (Consider only pp. 677-680 and pp. 693.)

The Impact of the Economic Crisis

Coile, C. and P. Levine, (2009), “The Market Crash and Mass Layoffs: How the Current Economic Crisis May Affect Retirement”, NBER Working Paper 15395, (Consider only pp 1-9 and pp. 29-30.)

Gustman, A.; T. Steinmeir and N. Tabatabai, (2011), “How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population in the Health and Retirement Study?”, NBER Working Paper 17547. (Consider only pp 1-10 and pp. 53-55. )

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