This paper develops a three-period overlapping-generations model where middle-aged agents care about not only their own lifetime utility but also their old parents’ and children’s well-being. The double altruistic agents choose amounts of intergenerational transfers to their old parents and...

This paper develops a three‐period overlapping‐generations model where middle‐aged agents care about not only their own lifetime utility but also their old parents' and children's well‐being. The doubly altruistic agents choose amounts of intergenerational transfers to their old parents...

A new algorithm for clustering life course trajectories is presented and tested with large register data. Life courses are represented as sequences on a monthly timescale for the working-life with an age span from 16–65. A meaningful clustering result for this kind of data provides interesting...

This paper co-authored by Dr. Susan Mangiero, Dr. Israel Shaked, Mr. Brad Orelowitz, Attorney Jason Sheffield and Ms. Emilee Prebles looks at ERISA litigation statistics for cases filed between January 1, 2005 and August 31, 2008. All judicial opinions for these cases are tracked as part of...

Military veterans constitute an important subgroup of Social Security beneficiaries. One out of every four adult Social Security beneficiaries has served in the military, and two out of five are either veterans or reside with family members who are veterans. The number of veterans who receive...