Leora Friedberg

University of Virginia - Department of Economics

P.O. Box 400182

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (22)

Did Unilateral Divorce Raise Divorce Rates? Evidence from Panel Data

American Economic Review, 1998
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 May 1997
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Did Unilateral Divorce Raise Divorce Rates? Evidence from Panel Data

NBER Working Paper No. w6398
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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New Evidence on the Risk of Requiring Long-Term Care

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 11/2014-053
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Dec 2014
Leora Friedberg, Wenliang Hou, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb and Zhenyu Li
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Renmin University of China - Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance and School of Finance, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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New Evidence on the Risk of Requiring Long-Term Care

Boston College Center for Retirement Research WP 2014-12
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2015
Leora Friedberg, Wenliang Hou, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb and Zhenyu Li
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Renmin University of China, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Robinson Model, transition matrix, long-term care, care transition model

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The Impact of 401(K) Plans on Retirement

UCSD Economics Discussion Paper No. 2000-30
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 May 2001
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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The Effect of Old Age Assistance on Retirement

UCSD Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper 97-14
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jan 1998
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Old Age Assistance on Retirement

NBER Working Paper No. w6548
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Retirement and the Evolution of Pension Structure

NBER Working Paper No. w9999
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Searching for Better Prospects: Endogenizing Falling Job Tenure and Private Pension Coverage

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2003-038E
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2008
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang and Tara M. Sinclair
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Pension, Contracts, On-the-job search, Job tenure, Matching models, Job-to-job flows

Searching for Better Prospects: Endogenizing Falling Job Tenure and Private Pension Coverage

NBER Working Paper No. w11808
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2022
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang and Tara M. Sinclair
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Overpaying and Undersaving? Correlated Mistakes in Retirement Saving and Health Insurance Choices

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2022-06
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 22 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
Adam Leive, Leora Friedberg and Brent Davis
University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and TIAA Institute
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pandemic, financial stability, savings, inequality

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Medicaid and Crowd-Out of Long-Term Care Insurance

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 10/2014-100
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Dec 2015
Leora Friedberg, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Renmin University of China - Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance and School of Finance and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Determinants and Consequences of Bargaining Power in Households

NBER Working Paper No. w12367
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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What is the Impact of Foreclosures on Retirement Security?

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2010-20
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Nov 2010
Anthony Webb, Leora Friedberg and Irena Dushi
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Retirement., Mortgage, Economics

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Explaining the Evolution of Pension Structure and Job Tenure

NBER Working Paper No. w10714
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
Leora Friedberg and Michael Owyang
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division
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The Impact of Technological Change on Older Workers: Evidence from Data on Computer Use

NBER Working Paper No. w8297
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 May 2001 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2022
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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The Impact of Technological Change on Older Workers: Evidence from Data on Computer Use

Posted: 30 May 2003
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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computers, technological change, retirement, skill requirements

The Labor Supply Effects of the Social Security Earnings Test

NBER Working Paper No. w7200
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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The Labor Supply Effects of the Social Security Earnings Test

UCSD Economics Discussion Paper 97-01
Posted: 01 Apr 1997
Leora Friedberg
University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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Identifying Local Differences in Retirement Patterns

CRR Working Paper No. 2008-18
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Identifying Local Differences in Retirement Patterns

Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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The Impact of Aggregate Mortality Risk on Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2006-21
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Aug 2013
Irena Dushi, Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
U.S. Social Security Administration, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Life is Cheap: Using Mortality Bonds to Hedge Aggregate Mortality Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w11984
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Persistence in Labor Supply and the Response to the Social Security Earnings Test

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. CRR WP 2006-27
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Nov 2008
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Persistence in Labor Supply and the Response to the Social Security Earnings Test

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Aug 2013
Leora Friedberg and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Do Local Labor Markets Affect Retirement?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Research Division, Renmin University of China - Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance and School of Finance and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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What Effect Do Time Constraints Have on the Age of Retirement?

CRR Working Paper No. 2008-17
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Leora Friedberg, Sun Wei and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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What Effect do Time Constraints Have on the Age of Retirement?

Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Leora Friedberg, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, Renmin University of China - Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance and School of Finance and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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Is the Adjustment of Social Security Benefits Actuarially Fair, and If So, for Whom?

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 04 Apr 2022
U.S. Social Security Administration, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Social Security, claiming ages, differential mortality

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Marriage in Old Age: What Can We Learn About Policy Impacts on Same-Sex Couples?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16022
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Mar 2023
Leora Friedberg and Elliott Isaac
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Tulane University - Department of Economics
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marriage, Social Security, Medicaid, same-sex marriage

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Health Savings Accounts and life-cycle saving: Implications for retirement preparedness

TIAA Institute Research Paper Series No. 194
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 May 2023
Leora Friedberg, Adam Leive, Jaeki Jang and Eric R. Young
University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade and University of Virginia
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Household Saving, Health, Retirement