1.
How Does Household Portfolio Diversification Vary with Financial Sophistication and Advice?
MEA Discussion Paper No. 238-11
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Bonn - Economic Science Area
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Does Household Portfolio Diversification Vary with Financial Sophistication and Advice?
MEA Discussion Paper No. 238-11
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 02 Apr 2011
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How does Household Portfolio Diversification Vary with Financial Literacy and Financial Advice?
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Netspar Discussion Paper No. 03/2011-026
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 08 Dec 2013
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235
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302
2.
Health Inequalities by Education, Income, and Wealth: A Comparison of 11 European Countries and the US
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 1, No. 5, 2008, MEA Discussion Paper No. 140-07
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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198
3.
Productivity and the Age Composition of Work Teams: Evidence from the Assembly Line
MEA Discussion Paper No. 148-07
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 31 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2009
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
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181
4.
Work Disability, Health, and Incentive Effects
MEA Discussion Paper No. 135-07
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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147
5.
Demographic Change, Human Capital and Welfare
MEA Discussion Paper No. 196-2010
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 27 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Deutsche Bundesbank
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141
6.
How Sensitive are Subjective Retirement Expectations to Increases in the Statutory Retirement Age? The German Case
MEA Discussion Paper No. 207-10
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 03 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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127
7.
Asymmetric Information in the Market for Automotive Insurance: Evidence from Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 259-2012
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2012
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and HUK Coburg Insurance Group
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125
8.
Interviewer Effects on Nonresponse in the European Social Survey
MEA Discussion Paper No. 202-10
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Utrecht University - Faculty of Social Sciences
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111
9.
Financial Literacy, Riester Pensions, and Other Private Old Age Provision in Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 250-11
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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103
10.
Who Lost the Most? Financial Literacy, Cognitive Abilities, and the Financial Crisis
MEA Discussion Paper No. 234-11
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Banque centrale du Luxembourg
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99
11.
Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality
Applied Economics 2011, Vol. 43, No. 7 pp . 811-821, MEA Discussion Paper No. 100-05, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 05-079
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 06 Dec 2005
Last Revised: 11 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and Center for European Economic Research (ZEW)
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98
12.
Do Seemingly Smarter Consumers Get Better Advice?
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 01-2015
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 04 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 05 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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97
13.
The Long Shadow of Socialism: On East-West German Differences in Financial Literacy
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 282-14
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 18 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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97
14.
The Optimum Structure For Government Debt
MEA Discussion Paper No. 194-2009
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 12 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 19 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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91
15.
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 239-11
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
There are 3 versions of this paper
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 239-11
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 22 Apr 2011
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88
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Germany
Netspar Discussion Paper No. 01/2011-020
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 18 Apr 2011
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35
Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning in Germany
NBER Working Paper No. w17110
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 12 Jun 2011
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22
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88
16.
The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Health – Evidence from Biomarkers
MEA Discussion Paper 183-09
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and E.CA Economics
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87
17.
Socioeconomic and Health Determinants of Health Care Utilization among Elderly Europeans: A Semiparametric Assessment of Equity, Intensity and Responsiveness for Ten European Countries
MEA Discussion Paper No. 144-07
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim
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85
18.
Temporary Migration and Skill Upgrading: Evidence from Mexican Migrants
MEA Discussion Paper No. 182-09
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 18 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
E.CA Economics and New York University, Dept of Economics
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83
19.
15 Jahre Riester - Eine Bilanz (15 Years of the Riester Pension Scheme - Taking Stock)
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-2016
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 13 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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80
20.
Mortality, Fertility, Education and Capital Accumulation in a Simple OLG Economy
MEA Discussion Paper No. 179-2009
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE and Deutsche Bundesbank
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80
21.
Tracing the Origins of Successful Aging: The Role of Childhood Conditions and Societal Context
MEA Discussion Paper No. 237-11
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Feb 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Cologne and University of Cologne
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77
22.
Was wäre wenn wir Schweden wären? Ist das schwedische Rentensystem auf Deutschland übertragbar? (What If We Were Sweden? Is the Swedish Pension System Transferable to Germany?)
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 21-2014
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences
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77
23.
From Malthus to Modern Growth: Child Labor, Schooling and Human Capital
MEA Discussion Paper No. 180-09
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Deutsche Bundesbank
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72
24.
Coverage of the Privately Funded Old-Age Provision (Riester-Pension) in Germany - Did the Financial and Economic Crisis Leave Its Mark? (Verbreitung Der Riester-Rente - Hat Die Finanz- Und Wirtschaftskrise Spuren Hinterlassen?
MEA Discussion Paper No. 198-10
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 10 Apr 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Banque centrale du Luxembourg
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71
25.
Changes in Compulsory Schooling and the Causal Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 200-10
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 17 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), E.CA Economics and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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70
26.
Gleitender Übergang in die Rente durch Flexibilisierung der Teilrente (Gradual Transition to Retirement with Flexible Partial Retirement)
MEA Discussion Paper No. 243-11
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 19 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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69
27.
Pensioners in the German Social Security System: Payments of Contribution and Benefits
MEA Discussion Paper No. 203-10
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 13 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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69
28.
Who Wears the Trousers? A Semiparametric Analysis of Decision Power in Couples
MEA Discussion Paper No. 168-08
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim and Royal Holloway, University of London
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67
29.
Aging in Europe: Reforms, International Diversification and Behavioral Reactions
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 25-2014
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 22 Sep 2015
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE
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30.
Volunteer Work, Informal Help, and Care Among the 50 in Europe: Further Evidence for ‘Linked’ Productive Activities at Older Ages
Social Science Research, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2008, MEA Discussion Paper No. 142-07
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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31.
Demographic Change, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth
MEA Discussion Paper No. 151-07
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Deutsche Bundesbank
There are 2 versions of this paper
Demographic Change, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 13 Aug 2007
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Demographic Change, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth
MEA Discussion Paper No. 151-07
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Aug 2009
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58
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58
32.
MEA-Pensim 2.0: Weiterentwicklung eines Rentensimulationsmodells, Konzeption und ausgewählte Anwendungen (MEA-Pensim 2.0: Advancement of a Pension Simulation Model, Conception and Selected Applications)
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 03-2012
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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33.
Societal Determinants of Productive Aging in Europe (Gesellschaftliche Determinanten Produktiven Alterns in Europa)
MEA Discussion Paper No. 152-07, 50 Plus in Deutschland und Europa - Ergebnisse der Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe, A. Borsch-Supan, ed., VS Verlag, 2007
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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56
34.
Who Cares About the Day after Tomorrow? Pension Issues When Households are Myopic or Time Inconsistent
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Discussion Paper No. 01-2017
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 19 Jan 2017
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
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35.
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from Educational Expansion in Western Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 186
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 03 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Wuppertal, E.CA Economics and Tilburg University
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54
36.
Parental Income, Education and the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children and Adolescents: The Case for Germany
MEA Discussion Paper No. 242-11
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
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54
37.
The Long-Lasting Effects of Family Background: A European Cross-Country Comparison
MEA Discussion Paper No. 245-11
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 14 Feb 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Lugano - Institute of Microeconomics and Public Economics
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54
38.
Health, Families, and Work in Later Life: A Review of Current Research and Perspectives
MEA Discussion Paper No. 268-13
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 07 Jun 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Cologne and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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53
39.
Modelling Socioeconomic and Health Determinants of Health Care Use: A Semiparametric Approach
Health Economics, Vol. 16, No. 9, 2007, MEA Discussion Paper No. 145-07
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Mannheim
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53
40.
Smooth It Like the 'Joneses'? Estimating Peer-Group Effects in Intertemporal Consumption Choice
The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, No. 527, pp. 454-476, February 2008, MEA Discussion Paper No. 167-08
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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53
41.
Die Riester-Förderung – Das unbekannte Wesen (Riester Subsidy – The Unknown Entity)
MEA Discussion Paper No. 244-11
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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52
42.
Retrospective Data Collection in Europe
MEA Discussion Paper No. 172-2008
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Working Paper Series
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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52
43.
Sick Leave and the Composition of Work Teams
MEA Discussion Paper No. 149-07
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 31 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 19 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
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52
44.
Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany
NEW THEMES IN THE ECONOMICS OF AGING, D. A. Wise, ed., University of Chicago Press, 2004, MEA Discussion Paper No. 134-07
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany
NEW THEMES IN THE ECONOMICS OF AGING, D. A. Wise, ed., University of Chicago Press, 2004, MEA Discussion Paper No. 134-07
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
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Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany
NBER Working Paper No. w12303
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 15 Aug 2010
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33
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51
45.
The Effectiveness of Transnational Non-State Governance: The Role of Domestic Regulations and Compliance Assessment in Practice
MEA Discussion Paper No. 13/12
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Technische Universität München (TUM)
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51
46.
The Optimum Growth Rate for Population Reconsidered
MEA Discussion Paper No. 147-07, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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50
47.
Collateral Damage: Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes Among German War and Post-War Cohorts
MEA Discussion Paper No. 253-11
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 02 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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49
48.
Intergenerational Help and Public Assistance in Europe - A Case of Specialization?
MEA Discussion Paper No. 236-11
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Feb 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
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48
49.
The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 7, No. 6, p. 1361-1399, December 2009, MEA Discussion Paper No. 146-07
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
University College London - Department of Economics, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University of Bonn - Economic Science Area
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3329
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 03 Nov 2008
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The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data
Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 7, No. 6, p. 1361-1399, December 2009, MEA Discussion Paper No. 146-07
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010
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48
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48
50.
Subjective Life Expectancy and Private Pensions
MEA Discussion Paper No. 265-12
Posted: 24 May 2013
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
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