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Spending and Job-Finding Impacts of Expanded Unemployment Benefits : Evidence from Administrative Micro Data

Ganong, Peter; Greig, Fiona E.; Noel, Pascal J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We show that the largest increase in unemployment benefits in U.S. history had large spending impacts and small job-finding impacts. This finding has three implications. First, increased benefits were important for explaining aggregate spending dynamics--but not employment dynamics--during the...

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Boomerang Children and Parental Retirement Outcomes

Seiter, Grant M.; Lopez, Mary J.; Slavov, Sita N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

As the share of U.S. adult children living with their parents increases, it is important to understand how children who "boomerang" back home impact their parents in their pre-retirement and post-retirement years. We use data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the effects of...

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Trends in Social Security Incentives in Belgium

Fraikin, Anne-Lore; Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

In Belgium, a series of social security reforms have been implemented over the years with the overarching goal of increasing the labor force participation through better work incentives. Using individual-level administrative data, the paper studies the impact of those incentive-based reforms on...

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Effects of Childhood Cognitive and Behavioral Disabilities on Adult Economic Outcomes

Corman, Hope; Noonan, Kelly; Reichman, Nancy E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Developmental disabilities are not rare among U.S. children and rates have been increasing in recent decades. The increases have been driven by cognitive and behavioral disorders. While some studies have investigated the effects of specific childhood conditions, particularly ADHD, on adult...

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The Nonlinear Effects of Air Pollution on Health : Evidence from Wildfire Smoke

Miller, Nolan; Molitor, David; Zou, Eric Yongchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We estimate how acute air pollution exposure from wildfire smoke impacts human health in the U.S., allowing for nonlinear effects. Wildfire smoke is pervasive and produces air quality shocks of varying intensity, depending on wind patterns and plume thickness. Using administrative Medicare...

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Optimal Gradualism

Lehr, Nils H.; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper studies how gradualism affects the welfare gains from trade, technology, and reforms. When people face adjustment frictions, gradual shocks create less adverse distributional effects in the short run. We show that there are welfare gains from inducing a more gradual transition via...

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Causal Effects in Matching Mechanisms with Strategically Reported Preferences

Bertanha, Marinho; Luflade, Margaux; Mourifié, Ismael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

. Matching theory predicts that students' behavior in Chile should be strategic because they can list only up to eight options …

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The Power of Inclusive Labor Force Participation for Mitigating Population Aging : Closing Gaps at the Intersection Between Race/Ethnicity and Gender in the United States

Böheim, René; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; Leoni, Thomas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

participation rates has the potential to more than compensate the effects of demographic aging on the economic dependency ratio …

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Population Aging and Economic Growth : From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?

Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper examines the extent to which changes in working-age shares associated with population aging might slow … structure to project economic growth in 2020-2050. Our results indicate that population aging will slow economic growth …

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Societal Aging and its Impact on Singapore

Chen, Cynthia; Lim, Julian; Visaria, Abhijit; Chan, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Societal aging is arguably one of our most critical demographic challenges, and Singapore is aging at a much faster … rate compared to other countries. Population aging could negatively affect older adults, contribute to an increase in … crucial elements to help older adults age successfully. We analyze how aging affects health, financial security, and well …

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