Nicole Maestas

Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy

Associate Professor

180 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (43)

1.

The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w22452
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen and David Powell
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation
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The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1063-1
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2016
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen and David Powell
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation
Downloads 395 (144,973)
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population aging, GDP growth, demographic transitions

Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

RAND Working Paper No. WR-853-3
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2012
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2010-241
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2012
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Disability Insurance, Social Security, labor supply

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Discouraged Workers? Job Search Outcomes of Older Workers

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2006-133
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Nicole Maestas and Xiaoyan Li
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
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Working Conditions in the United States Results of the 2015 American Working Conditions Survey

Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger, Working Conditions in the United States: Results of the 2015 American Working Conditions Survey. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 13 Jun 2018
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation
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Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2004-085
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Feb 2008
Nicole Maestas
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2011-258
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Apr 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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delay in decision, earnings, disability

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 1070
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Jun 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Disability, Labor Force Participation, Transfer Programs, Social Security

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8788
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Jan 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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disability, labor force participation, transfer programs, social security

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

NBER Working Paper No. w20840
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
Downloads 24 (971,263)
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Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice

RAND Working Paper No. WR-325-1
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Aug 2007
Dana P. Goldman and Nicole Maestas
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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cost of medical care, managed care plans, health insurance

Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice

NBER Working Paper No. w11818
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Dana P. Goldman and Nicole Maestas
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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Household Portfolio Choices, Health Status and Health Care Systems: A Cross-Country Analysis Based on Share

RAND Working Paper No. WR-839
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 May 2011
Vincenzo Atella, Marianna Brunetti and Nicole Maestas
University of Rome Tor Vergata - Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS), Dept. Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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household portfolios, health status, national health care systems

Household Portfolio Choices, Health Status and Health Care Systems a Cross-Country Analysis Based on Share

CEIS Tor Vergata Research Paper Series, Vol. 9, No. 1, Working Paper No. 183, January 2011
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Vincenzo Atella, Marianna Brunetti and Nicole Maestas
University of Rome Tor Vergata - Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS), Dept. Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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household portfolios, health status, national health care systems

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The Effect of Retirement Incentives on Retirement Behavior: Evidence from the Self-Employed in the United States and England

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-528, Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2007-155
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2008
University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices
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retirement, self-employment, health insurance, pensions

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Does the Rise in the Full Retirement Age Encourage Disability Benefits Applications? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2008-198
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Feb 2009
Xiaoyan Li and Nicole Maestas
RAND Corporation and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
Downloads 171 (334,079)
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The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare

NBER Working Paper No. w10365
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 25 Mar 2004 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
David Card, Carlos Dobkin and Nicole Maestas
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
Downloads 152 (368,910)
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The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1019
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Nov 2013
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and David Powell
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation
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The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans

Posted: 11 Jun 2018
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and David Powell
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

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Labor Market Shocks and Early Social Security Benefit Claiming

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2014-317
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 May 2015
David Card, Nicole Maestas and Patrick J. Purcell
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Social Security, Earnings Test, Great Recession, Retirement

Labor Market Shocks and Early Social Security Benefit Claiming

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2014-317
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 May 2015
David Card, Nicole Maestas and Patrick J. Purcell
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Social Security, Retirement

Employer Accommodation and Labor Supply of Disabled Workers

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1047
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2014
Matthew Hill, Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen
RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
Downloads 95 (528,818)
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Employer Accommodation and Labor Supply of Disabled Workers

Labour Economics, Vol. 41, 2016
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Jun 2018
Matthew Hill, Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen
RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
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Employer Accommodation; Labor Supply; Disability Insurance; Health and Retirement Study

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How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 728
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Dec 2009
Nicole Maestas and Julie M. Zissimopoulos
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy
Downloads 130 (417,560)
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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11925
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 19 Nov 2018
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics and RAND Corporation - RAND Europe
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working conditions, wages, compensating differentials, stated preferences

The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages

NBER Working Paper No. w25204
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation
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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13284
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 05 Nov 2018
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation
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compensating differentials, stated preference experiments, wage differentials, working conditions

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Does Medicare Save Lives?

NBER Working Paper No. w13668
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
David Card, Carlos Dobkin and Nicole Maestas
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
Downloads 105 (489,692)
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Economic Conditions, the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession, and Implications for Disability Insurance in the United States

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2022-14
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Aug 2022
Kathleen Mullen and Nicole Maestas
University of Southern California and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
Downloads 103 (496,509)
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disability insurance, unemployment insurance, pandemic

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Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 06 Mar 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Zurich, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and Harvard University - Harvard Medical School
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Prescription drugs, opioid crisis, heroin, prescription drug monitoring programs

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Disability Policy, Program Enrollment, Work, and Well-Being among People with Disabilities

Social Security Bulletin. 80(1): 57-68, 2020
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Mar 2020
David H. Autor, Nicole Maestas and Richard Woodbury
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Downloads 85 (561,935)
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Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, disability

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Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2012-262
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Gema Zamarro
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Social Security Disability Insurance, benefit offset policy, Substantial Gainful Activity

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Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2019-400
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2019
Italo Lopez Garcia, Nicole Maestas and Kathleen Mullen
RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
Downloads 82 (574,047)
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Longer work, cognition, physical decline, retirement

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Disability Insurance and Health Insurance Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1029
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Jan 2014
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Disability Insurance and Healthcare Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2013-289
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jan 2014
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, program interactions

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Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2019-396
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Apr 2019
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation
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labor force participation, older workers, second career, unretirement

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2015 American Working Conditions Survey: Focus on Older versus Younger Workers

American University School of Public Affairs Research Paper No. 3025584
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Older Workers, Working Conditions

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Private vs. Public Provision of Social Insurance: Evidence from Medicaid

NBER Working Paper No. w26042
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard University and Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy
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Labor Supply Effects of the Interaction between the Social Security Disability and Retirement Programs at Full Retirement Age

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2008-194
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Feb 2009
Nicole Maestas and Na Yin
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Downloads 64 (657,013)
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The Labor Supply Effects of Disability Insurance: Evidence from Automatic Conversion Using Administrative Data

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2010-247
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 May 2011 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2011
Nicole Maestas and Jae Song
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and U.S. Social Security Administration
Downloads 60 (678,115)
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Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15221
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 19 May 2022
University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and Harvard University - Harvard Medical School
Downloads 33 (884,594)
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prescription drugs, opioid crisis, heroin, prescription drug monitoring programs

Behavioral Responses to Supply-Side Drug Policy During the Opioid Epidemic

NBER Working Paper No. w29596
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and Harvard University - Harvard Medical School
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Source of Health Insurance Coverage and Employment Survival Among Newly Disabled Workers: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1040
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Mar 2014
Matthew Hill, Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen
RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
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The Changing Nature of Work

MRDRC WP 2020-415
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Aug 2021
Italo Lopez Garcia, Nicole Maestas and Kathleen Mullen
RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation
Downloads 48 (749,078)

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Job demands, work capacity, disability trends

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Price Variation in Markets with Homogeneous Goods: the Case of Medigap

NBER Working Paper No. w14679
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
Nicole Maestas, Mathis Fräßdorf and Dana P. Goldman
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Return to Work and Women's Employment Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w24429
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Nicole Maestas
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
Downloads 41 (797,322)
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Legal Representation in Disability Claims

NBER Working Paper No. w29871
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2022
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and Social Security Administration
Downloads 40 (804,693)
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Disability Insurance and the Great Recession

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 1088
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Jun 2016
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
Downloads 40 (804,693)
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The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Disability Insurance Program: Evidence from the Great Recession

NBER Working Paper No. w25338
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen and Alexander Strand
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration
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Health Capacity to Work and Retirement Expectations

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Jul 2023
University of Southern California, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and University of Oregon
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Health Work Capacity, Retirement Expectations, Abilities, Occupational Ability Requirements

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The Link between Health and Working Longer: Disparities in Work Capacity

NBER Working Paper No. w30036
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 May 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Harvard University, University of Southern California, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and University of Southern California
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Caregiving and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Administrative Data

NBER Working Paper No. w31450
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Nicole Maestas, Matthew Messel and Yulya Truskinovsky
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, Independent and Wayne State University
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How Does Medicaid Expansion Impact Income Support Program Participation and Employment for Different Types of People with Disabilities?

NBER Working Paper No. w31816
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 30 Oct 2023
Ari Ne'eman and Nicole Maestas
Harvard University and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy
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Burnout and the Retirement Decision

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. UM WP 2007-166
Posted: 22 Feb 2008
Nicole Maestas and Xiaoyan Li
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation

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