PARC Working Papers
Papers from 2013
The E ffects of Child-Bearing Policies in Remarriages: Evidence from China, Hanming Fang and Wanchuan Lin
Papers from 2012
Semiparametric Bayesian Modeling of Income Volatility Heterogeneity, Shane T. Jensen and Stephen H. Shore
Health Expenditure Risk and Annuitization: Evidence from Medigap Coverage, Daniel W. Sacks
Identifying Idiosyncratic Career Taste and Skill with Income Risk, Stephen H. Shore, Daniel Barth, and Shane T. Jensen
Papers from 2011
First-Round Impacts of the 2008 Chilean Pension System Reform, Jere R. Behrman, Maria Cecilia Calderon, Olivia Mitchell, Javiera Vasquez, and David Bravo
The Impact of the PROGRESA/Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Health and Related Outcomes for the Aging in Mexico, Jere R. Behrman and Susan W. Parker
Papers from 2010
Financial Literacy, Schooling, and Wealth Accumulation, Jere R. Behrman, Olivia S. Mitchell, Cindy Soo, and David Bravo
Early Life Conditions and Cause-Specific Mortality in Finland, Irma T. Elo
Inaccurate age and sex data in the Census PUMS files: Evidence and Implications, Betsey Stevenson
Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility, Betsey Stevenson
Papers from 2009
Pension Payouts in Chile: Past, Present, and Future Prospects, Olivia S. Mitchell and Jose Ruiz
Portfolio Choice in Retirement: Health Risk and the Demand for Annuities, Housing, and Risky Assets, Motohiro Yogo
Personal Attributes and the Financial Well-Being of Older Adults: The Effects of Control Beliefs, Karen A. Zurlo
Papers from 2008
How Universal School Vouchers Affect Educational and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Chile, David Bravo, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, and Petra E. Todd
How Beliefs about HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors: Evidence from Malawi, Aureo de Paula, Gil Shapira, and Petra Todd
Health of Native-born and Foreign-born Black Residents in the United States: Evidence from the 2000 Census of Population and the National Health Interview Survey, Irma Elo, Neil Mehta, and Cheng Huang
Poverty and Proximate Barriers to Learning: Vision Deficiencies, Vision Correction and Educational Outcomes in Rural Northwest China, Emily Hannum and Yuping Zhang
Mate Availability and Unmarried Parent Relationships, Kristen Harknett
The Effects of Early Childhood Diseases on Young Adult Health in Guatemala, Rachel Margolis
The Dynamics of Lifecycle Investing in 401(k) Plans, Olivia S. Mitchell, Gary Mottola, Stephen Utkus, and Takeshi Yamaguchi
The More the Better? Characteristics and Efficiency of 401(k) Investment Menus, Ning Tang
Reforms to an Individual Account Pension System and their Effects on Work and Contribution Decisions: The Case of Chile, Viviana Vélez-Grajales
Papers from 2007
The Behavioral Economics of Altruism, Reciprocity, and Transfers within Families and Rural Communities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Li-wei Chao and Hans-Peter Kohler
Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations, Li-wei Chao, Helena Szrek, Nuno Sousa Pereira, and Mark V. Pauly
Subjective Expectations in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Adelin Delavande and Hans-Peter Kohler
Hidden Regret and Advantageous Selection in Insurance Markets, Rachel J. Huang, Alexander Muermann, and Larry Y. Tzeng
Literacy Gaps by Educational Attainment: A Comparative Study of 19 Countries, Hyunjoon Park and Pearl Kyei
Preliminary Demographic Analysis of a Toba Population in Transition in Northern Argentina, Claudia Valeggia and Norberto Lanza
Papers from 2006
What Determines Adult Cognitive Skills? Impacts of Pre-Schooling, Schooling and Post-Schooling Experiences in Guatemala, Jere R. Behrman, John Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Emily L. Behrman, Reynaldo Martorell, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, and Aryeh D. Stein
An Analysis of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Lucarelli Claudio
The Chilean Pension Reform Turns 25: Lessons from the Social Protection Survey, Alberto Arenas de Mesa, David Bravo, Jere R. Behrman, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Petra Todd
Regret, Pride, and the Disposition Effect, Alexander Muermann and Jacqueline M. Volkman
Who Knows What About Their Pensions? Financial Literacy in the Chilean Individual Account System, Jeremy O. Skog
Cross-Cohort Differences in Health on the Verge of Retirement, Beth J. Soldo, Olivia Mitchell, Rania Tfaily, and John McCabe
Papers from 2005
Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States: The Role of Cohort Smoking Patterns, Samuel Preston and Haidong Wang