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Subjective probabilities in household surveys
Hurd, Michael D. - In: Annual review of economics 1 (2009), pp. 543-562
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905401
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The Effect of Job Loss on Health: Evidence from Biomarkers
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Crimmins, Eileen; Hurd, Michael D. - 2014
the Health and Retirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric methods … hemoglobin (HbA1c) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Overall, we estimate that a layoff could increase annual mortality rates by 9 ….4%, which is consistent with other evidence of the effect of mass layoffs on mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468111
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The effect of job loss on health : evidence from biomarkers
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Crimmins, Eileen M.; Hurd, Michael D. - 2014
the Health and Retirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric methods … hemoglobin (HbA1c) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Overall, we estimate that a layoff could increase annual mortality rates by 9 ….4%, which is consistent with other evidence of the effect of mass layoffs on mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423793
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The Effect of Job Loss on Health : Evidence from Biomarkers
Michaud, Pierre-Carl - 2014
the Health and Retirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric methods … hemoglobin (HbA1c) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Overall, we estimate that a layoff could increase annual mortality rates by 9 ….4%, which is consistent with other evidence of the effect of mass layoffs on mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044422
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The Effect of Job Loss on Health: Evidence from Biomarkers
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Crimmins, Eileen; Hurd, Michael D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
the Health and Retirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric methods … hemoglobin (HbA1c) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Overall, we estimate that a layoff could increase annual mortality rates by 9 ….4%, which is consistent with other evidence of the effect of mass layoffs on mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959535
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Savings and Bequests
Hurd, Michael D. - 2021
Empirical studies have indicated that the elderly seem to accumulate wealth after retirement, and that the desire to … generally decreases with age after retirement, and that wealth will also decrease for all but wealthy households. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221527
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Savings and Bequests
Hurd, Michael D. - 1986
Empirical studies have indicated that the elderly seem to accumulate wealth after retirement, and that the desire to … generally decreases with age after retirement, and that wealth will also decrease for all but wealthy households. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477251
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Net intergenerational transfers from an increase in social security benefits
Gan, Li (contributor); Gong, Guan (contributor);  … - 2006
When the age of death is uncertain, individuals will leave bequestseven if they have no desired bequestssimply because they will hold wealth against the possibility of living longer. Bequests are accidental. Starting from a baseline level of Social Security benefits, an increase in benefits will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003720947
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Net Intergenerational Transfers from an Increase in Social Security Benefits
Gong, Guan - 2008
When the age of death is uncertain, individuals will leave bequests - even if they have no desired bequests - simply because they will hold wealth against the possibility of living longer. Bequests are accidental. Starting from a baseline level of Social Security benefits, an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726818
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Economic Preparation for Retirement
Hurd, Michael D.; Rohwedder, Susann - 2011
The authors define and estimate measures of economic preparation for retirement based on a complete inventory of … account for taxes, widowing, differential mortality and out-of-pocket health spending risk. They find that 71% of persons in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177378