Working Papers
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2008
Universal Versus Economically Polarized Change in Age at First Birth: A French-British Compariso Michael S. Rendall, Heather Joshi, Kevin Lynch, Olivia Ekert-Jaffe, Remi Mougin, WR-568.
The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: Actual Spending Change in Panel Data, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder, WR-563.
Divergence in Labor Market Institutions and International Business Cycles, Raquel Fonseca, Lise Patureau, Thepthida Sopraseuth, WR-562.
Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wages of Men and Women, David S. Loughran, Julie Zissimopoulos, WR-482-1.
Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes: Evidence from Prince Edward County, Paul Heaton, WR-552.
2007
Intertemporal Consumption with Directly Measured Welfare Functions and Subjective Expectations, Arie Kapteyn, Kristin J. Kleinjans, Arthur van Soest, WR-535.
Labor Market Status and Transitions during the Pre-Retirement Years, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest, James Banks, WR-536.
The Changing Relationship between Education and Marriage in the United States, 1940-2000, Berna M. Torr, WR-530.
The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review, Jeffrey Grogger, Lynn A. Karoly, WR-531.
Medicaid Under-reporting in the Current Population Survey and One Approach for a Partial Correction, Michael Davern, Jacob Alex Klerman, Jeannette Ziegenfussi, WR-532.
An Exploratory Study of Mothers' Perceptions of Acculturation Within the Preschool Context, Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Audrey Alforque Thomas, WR-523.
Inter-vivos Giving Over the Lifecycle, Michael Hurd, James P. Smith, Julie Zissimopoulos, WR-524.
Employment and Self-Employment in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Julie Zissimopoulos, Lynn A. Karoly, WR-525.
The Effect of Retirement Incentives on Retirement Behavior: Evidence from the Self-Employed In the United States and England, Julie Zissimopoulos, Nicole Maestas, Lynn A. Karoly, WR-528.
Emigration and Schooling among Second-Generation Mexican-American Children, Michael S. Rendall, Berna M. Torr, WR-529.
Business Cycle Comovement and Labor Market Institutions: An Empirical Investigation, Raquel Fonseca, Lise Patureau, Thepthida Sopraseuth, WR-511.
Are 'Webographic' or Attitudinal Questions Useful for Adjusting Estimates From Web Surveys Using Propensity Scoring? Matthias Schonlau, Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn, WR-506.
The Impact of Health Insurance Status on Treatment Intensity and Health Outcomes, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, Nicole Maestas, WR-505.
Price Variation in Markets with Homogeneous Goods: The Case of Medigap, Nicole Maestas, Mathis Schroeder, Dana P. Goldman, WR-504.
Validating the Use of Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales, Arthur van Soest, Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon, Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, WR-501.
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Services and Characteristics Database: Codebook, Christine E. Peterson, Anne R. Pebley, Narayan Sastry, WR-240/12-LAFANS.
The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Neighborhood Observations Codebook, Christine E. Peterson, Anne R. Pebley, Narayan Sastry, WR-240/13-LAFANS.
Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints and Start-up Costs, Raquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Thepthida Sopraseuth, WR-500.
Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior, Margaret M. Weden and Ryan A. Brown, WR-498.
Twentieth Century U.S. Racial Inequalities in Mortality: Changes in the Average Age of Death and the Variability in the Age of Death for White and non-White Men and Women, 1900-2002, Margaret M. Weden, WR-497.
Bayesian Estimation of Hispanic Fertility Hazards from Survey and Population Data, Michael S. Rendall, Mark S. Handcock, Stefan H. Jonsson, WR-496.
Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest, Tatiana Andreyeva, WR-495.
The Kids Are OK: Divorce and Children's Behavior Problems, Jui-Chung Allen Li, WR-489.
Tracing the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Population of New Orleans: The Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study, Narayan Sastry, WR-483.
Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wage Growth of Men and Women, David S. Loughran and Julie Zissimopoulos, WR-482.
Time-Use in the Older Population: Variation by Socio-economic Status and Health, Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder, WR-463.
How did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age affect Retirement Expectations? Pierre-Carl Michaud and Arthur van Soest, WR-478.
The Impact of Terrorism on Voters' Preferences, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor, WR-477.
Self Reported Disability and Reference Groups, Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn, Tatiana Andreyeva, James P. Smith, WR-409-1.
Measurement Error and Misclassification: A Comparison of Survey and Register Data, Arie Kapteyn, Jelmer Yeb Ypma, WR-283-1.
Employment Protection Laws, Barriers to Entrepreneurship, Financial Markets and Firm Size, Raquel Fonseca and Natalia Utrero, WR-454.
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