The Population Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC) series contains papers by researchers at the PSC/PARC. It serves as an outlet for pre-prints, for papers under journal review, and for background papers (e.g., for technical materials for which journals lack space) written by PSC/PARC Research Associates. The series also publishes submissions from students affiliated with Research Associates at the PSC/PARC with Research Associate sponsorship. The PSC/PARC series combines works previously published in the Population Studies Center Working Paper Series and the Population Aging Research Center Working Paper Series and also includes papers from the Penn Education and Inequality Working Papers Series. Papers can be submitted by emailing: psc-library@pop.upenn.edu.

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Papers from 2007

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Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations, Li-wei Chao, Helena Szrek, Nuno Sousa Pereira, and Mark V. Pauly

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Subjective Expectations in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Adelin Delavande and Hans-Peter Kohler

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Hidden Regret and Advantageous Selection in Insurance Markets, Rachel J. Huang, Alexander Muermann, and Larry Y. Tzeng

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Preliminary Demographic Analysis of a Toba Population in Transition in Northern Argentina, Claudia Valeggia and Norberto Lanza

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Literacy Gaps by Educational Attainment: A Comparative Study of 19 Countries, Hyunjoon Park and Pearl Kyei

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Social Networks and HIV/AIDS Risk Perceptions, HANS-PETER KOHLER, Jere R. Behrman, and Susan Cotts Watkins

Papers from 2006

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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

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Regret, Pride, and the Disposition Effect, Alexander Muermann and Jacqueline M. Volkman

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An Analysis of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Lucarelli Claudio

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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

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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

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What Determines Adult Cognitive Skills? Impacts of Pre-Schooling, Schooling and Post-Schooling Experiences in Guatemala, Jere R. Behrman, John F. Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Emily L. Behrman, Reynaldo Martorell, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, and Aryeh D. Stein

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The Impact of Nutrition during Early Childhood on Education among Guatemalan Adults, John A. Maluccio, John F. Hoddinott, Jere R. Behrman, Reynaldo Martorell, Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Aryeh D. Stein

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Black-White Differentials in Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States during the 1980s: The Role of Medical Care and Health Behaviors, Irma T. Elo and Greg L. Drevenstedt

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Mortality of American Troops in Iraq, Samuel H. Preston and Emily Buzzell

Papers from 2005

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Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States: The Role of Cohort Smoking Patterns, Samuel Preston and Haidong Wang

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When Mental Health Becomes Health: Age and the Shifting Meaning of Self-evaluations of General Health, Jason Schnittker

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Using Anthropometric Indicators for Mexicans in the United States and Mexico to Understand the Selection of Migrants and the "Hispanic Paradox", Eileen M. Crimmins, Beth J. Soldo, Jung Ki Kim, and Dawn Alley

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Childhood Predictors of Late-Life Diabetes: The Case of Mexico, Iliana V. Kohler and Beth J. Soldo

Papers from 1998

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Childhood Conditions and Adult Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study, Irma T. Elo

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Health Problems as Determinants of Retirement: Are Self-Rated Measures Endogenous?, Debra Sabatini Dwyer and Olivia S. Mitchell

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In-law Resources and Distribution Within Marriage, Jere R. Behrman and Mark R. Rosenzweig

Papers from 1997

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Effects of Age Misreporting on Mortality Estimates at Older Ages, Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, and Quincy Stewart

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“Ability" Biases in Schooling Returns and Twins: A Test and New Estimates, Jere R. Behrman and Mark R. Rosenzweig

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Childhood Conditions that Predict Survival to Advanced Ages Among African Americans, Samuel H. Preston, Mark E. Hill, and Greg Lee Drevenstedt

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New Insights into the Far Eastern Pattern of Mortality, Michele Gragnolati, Irma T. Elo, and Noreen Goldman

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Mortality in Vietnam, 1979-1989, M. Giovanna Merli

Papers from 1996

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Using Successive Censuses to Reconstruct the African-American Population, 1930-1990, Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, and Lynn Gale

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Adult Mortality Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Review of the Evidence, Irma T. Elo

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Consistency of Age Reporting By Cause of Death Among Elderly African-American Decedents, Jon M. Hussey and Irma T. Elo

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Construction of the Earnings and Benefits File (EBF) for Use With the Health and Retirement Survey, Olivia Mitchell, Jan Olson, and Thomas Steinmeier

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Loneliness and Depression in Middle and Old Age: Are the Childless More Vulnerable?, Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox

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1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods Final Report, Howard Young, Barry Allen, Eileen Crimmins, David Cutler, Martin Holmer, Diane Manunovich, Robert Myers, Samuel H. Preston, Eugene Steuerle, Michael Sze, Kathleen Utgoff, Larry Wiltse, and Barbara Wolfe

Papers from 1995

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'Circle No Bicycle': Fieldwork in Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1994-1995, Susan C. Watkins

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1994-95 Advisory Council On Social Security Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Saving Final Report, Olivia Mitchell, Joseph Quinn, G. Lawrence Atkins, Richard Burkhauser, Gary Burtless, Robert Clark, Peter D. Paul, John Haley, Daniel Halperin, Eric Hanushek, Diane Macunovich, Dallas Salisbury, John Shoven, and Stephen Zeldes

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Age-Linked Institutions and Age Reporting Among Older African Americans, Mark E. Hill, Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, and Ira Rosenwaike

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The Accuracy of Age Reporting Among Elderly African Americans: Evidence of a Birth Registration Effect, Ira Rosenwaike and Mark E. Hill

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Consistency of Age Reporting on Death Certificates and Social Security Administration Records Among Elderly African-American Decedents, Irma T. Elo, Samuel H. Preston, Ira Rosenwaike, Mark E. Hill, and Timothy P. Cheney

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Alzheimer’s Disease as a Cause of Death in the U.S.: Estimates and Projections, Douglas C. Ewbank

Papers from 1994

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Are Educational Differentials in Mortality Increasing in the United States?, Samuel H. Preston and Irma T. Elo