“Strengthen age discrimination protections to help confront the challenge of population aging,” by David Neumark (November 2020, .pdf format, 25p.).
November 24, 2020
CAAR – Brookings Institution Report – November 24, 2020
July 27, 2020
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – July 27, 2020
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Age Discrimination across the Business Cycle,” by Gordon B. Dahl and Matthew M. Knepper (w27581, July 2020, .pdf format, 54p.).
June 30, 2020
January 9, 2020
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – January 9, 2020
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Age Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from Age-Blind vs. Non-Age-Blind Hiring Procedures,” by David Neumark (w26623, January 2020, .pdf format, 26p.).
B. “The Impact of Bequest Motives on Retirement Behavior in Japan: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis,” by Charles Yuji Horioka, Emin Gahramanov, Aziz Hayat, and Xueli Tang (w26621, January 2020, .pdf format, 40p.).
C. “Contract Work at Older Ages,” by Katharine G. Abraham, Brad Hershbein, and Susan Houseman (w26612, January 2020, .pdf format, 34p.).
D. “Does the Marginal Hospitalization Save Lives? The Case of Respiratory Admissions for the Elderly,” by Janet Currie and David Slusky (w26618, January 2020, .pdf format, 55p.).
December 17, 2019
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – December 17, 2019
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Older Workers Need Not Apply? Ageist Language in Job Ads and Age Discrimination in Hiring,” by Ian Burn, Patrick Button, Luis Felipe Munguia Corella, and David Neumark (w26552, December 2019, .pdf format, 36p.).
May 20, 2019
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – May 20, 2019
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,” by Patrick Button (w25850, May 2019, .pdf format, 30p.).
B. “Physician Bias and Racial Disparities in Health: Evidence from Veterans’ Pensions,” by Shari Eli, Trevon D. Logan, and Boriana Miloucheva (w25846, May 2019, .pdf format, p.).
April 11, 2019
December 20, 2018
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – December 20, 2018
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment,” by David Neumark, Ian Burn, Patrick Button, and Nanneh Chehras (w25369, December 2018, .pdf format, 59p.).
B. “Trends in Employment and Social Security Incentives in the Spanish Pension System: 1980-2016,” by Pilar García-Gómez, Silvia Garcia-Mandicó, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, and Judit Vall Castello (w25367, December 2018, .pdf format, 43p.).
November 8, 2017
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – November 8, 2017
“Feeling younger and identifying with older adults: Testing two routes to maintaining well-being in the face of age discrimination,” by Bibiana M. Armenta, Katherine Stroebe, Susanne Scheibe, Tom Postmes, and Nico W. Van Yperen (PLoS ONE12(11): e0187805. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187805, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 21p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0187805
August 22, 2017
CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – August 22, 2017
“Inclusive Recruitment? Hiring Discrimination against Older Workers,” by Nick Drydakis, Peter MacDonald, Vasiliki Bozani, and Vangelis Chiotis (Discussion Paper No. 10957, August 2017, .pdf format, 19p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
legacy.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=10957
June 22, 2017
CAAR – US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Hearing Testimony – June 22, 2017
“The ADEA [Age Discrimination in Employment Act] @ 50 – More Relevant Than Ever,” (June 2017, witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing is available at the site, running time 2 hours 20 minutes). Note: A print transcript will be available soon.
CAAR – Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper – June 22, 2017
“Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Experimental (and Nonexperimental) Evidence,” by David Neumark, Ian Burn, Patrick Button and Nanneh Chehras (WP 2017-360, March 2017, .pdf format, 79p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
May 11, 2017
CAAR – US Bureau of Labor Statistics Article – May 11, 2017
“Is there age discrimination in hiring?” by Edith Baker (Monthly Labor Review, April 2017, .pdf and HTML format, 2p.).
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2017/beyond-bls/is-there-age-discrimination-in-hiring.htm
November 14, 2016
CAAR – Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Papers – November 14, 2016
A. “Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Laws Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Experimental (and Nonexperimental) Evidence,” by David Neumark, Ian Burn, Patrick Button and Nanneh Chehras (WP 2016-349, September 2016, .pdf format, 50p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/Publication/Abstract/1129?ptid=1
B. “The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Employment of Older Workers,” by Richard Blundell, Jack Britton, Monica Costa Dias and Eric French (WP 2016-348, September 2016, .pdf format, 24p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/Publication/Abstract/1127?ptid=1
C. “Time Discounting and Economic Decision-making among the Elderly,” by David Huffman, Raimond H. Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell (WP 2016-347, September 2016, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
May 27, 2016
CAAR – Australian Human Rights Commission Reports – May 27, 2016
A. “Willing to Work: Healthy Ageing Paper,” (May 2016, .pdf and HTML format, 21p.).
www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/age-discrimination/publications/willing-work-healthy-ageing-paper
B. “A qualitative study of employment discrimination against older Australians,” (April 2016, .pdf format, 64p.).
May 2, 2016
CAAR – Australian Human Rights Commission Report – May 2, 2016
“Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability,” (April 2016, Word and .pdf format, 525p.).
March 9, 2016
CAAR – Table of Contents – March 9, 2016
Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 72, No. 1, March 2016).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josi.2016.72.issue-1/issuetoc
August 19, 2015
CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Papers – August 19, 2015
A. “Getting Grey Hairs in the Labour Market: An Alternative Experiment on Age Discrimination,” by Stijn Baert, Jennifer Norga, Yannick Thuy, and Marieke Van Hecke (Discussion Paper No. 9289, August 2015, .pdf format, 34p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9289
B. “Can Policy Facilitate Partial Retirement? Evidence from Germany,” by Peter B. Berg, Mary K. Hamman, Matthew Piszczek, and Christopher J. Ruhm (Discussion Paper No. 9266, August 2015, .pdf format, 47p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9266
July 20, 2015
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – July 20, 2015
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Does Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Make It Harder to Get Hired? Evidence from Disability Discrimination Laws,” by David Neumark, Joanne Song, and Patrick Button (w21379, July 2015, .pdf format, 69p.).
B. “Supplemental Plan Offerings and Retirement Saving Choices: An Analysis of North Carolina School Districts,” by Robert L. Clark, Emma Hanson, Melinda Sandler Morrill, and Aditi Pathak (w21382, July 2015, .pdf format, 43p.).
C. “Lessons for Public Pensions from Utah’s Move to Pension Choice,” by Robert L. Clark, Emma Hanson, and Olivia S. Mitchell (w21385, July 2015, .pdf format, 47p.).
D. “Accounting for Adaptation in the Economics of Happiness,” by Miles Kimball, Ryan Nunn, and Dan Silverman (w21365, July 2015, .pdf format, 27p.).
June 16, 2015
CAAR – Australian Human Rights Commission Report – June 16, 2015
“Employment discrimination against older Australians,” (June 2015, .pdf, HTML, and Word format, 18p.).
April 23, 2015
CAAR – Australian Human Rights Commission Report – April 23, 2015
“National prevalence survey of age discrimination in the workplace 2015,” (April 2015, .pdf and Word format, 103p.).
February 26, 2015
CAAR – University of Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper – February 26, 2015
“Does Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Make It Harder to Get Hired? Revised with Additional Analysis of SIPP Data and Appendix of Disability Laws,” by David Neumark, Joanne Song and Patrick Button (WP 2015-315, February 2015, .pdf format, 11p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/index_abstract.cfm?ptid=1&pid=1018
December 15, 2014
September 20, 2013
July 15, 2013
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – July 15, 2013
A. “Optimal Life Cycle Portfolio Choice with Variable Annuities Offering Liquidity and Investment Downside Protection,” by Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Ralph Rogalla (w19206, July 2013, .pdf format, 39p.).
Abstract:
We evaluate lifecycle consumption and portfolio allocation patterns resulting from access to Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) variable annuities, one of the most rapidly-growing financial innovations over the last two decades. A key feature of these products is that they offer access to equity investments with downside protection, hedging of longevity risk, and partially-refundable premiums. Welfare rises since policyholders exercise the product’s flexibility by taking withdrawals and dynamically adjusting their portfolios and consumption streams. Consistent with observed behavior, differences across individuals’ cash out and annuitization patterns result from variations in realized equity market returns and labor income trajectories.
B. “Optimal Annuitization with Stochastic Mortality Probabilities,” by Felix Reichling and Kent Smetters (w19211, July 2013, .pdf format, 39p.).
Abstract:
The conventional wisdom dating back to Yaari (1965) is that households without a bequest motive should fully annuitize their investments. Numerous market frictions do not break this sharp result. We modify the Yaari framework by allowing a household’s mortality risk itself to be stochastic. Annuities still help to hedge longevity risk, but they are now subject to valuation risk. Valuation risk is a powerful gateway mechanism for numerous frictions to reduce annuity demand, even without ad hoc ‘liquidity constraints.’ We find that most households should not annuitize any wealth. The optimal level of aggregate net annuity holdings is likely even negative.
C. “Did Age Discrimination Protections Help Older Workers Weather the Great Recession?” by David Neumark and Patrick Button (w19216, July 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).
Abstract:
We examine whether stronger age discrimination laws at the state level moderated the impact of the Great Recession on older workers. We use a difference-in-difference-in-differences strategy to compare older workers in states with stronger and weaker laws, to their prime-age counterparts, both before, during, and after the Great Recession. We find very little evidence that stronger age discrimination protections helped older workers weather the Great Recession, relative to younger workers. The evidence sometimes points in the opposite direction, with stronger state age discrimination protections associated with more adverse effects of the Great Recession on older workers. We suggest that this may be because stronger age discrimination laws protect older workers in normal times, but during an experience like the Great Recession severe labor market disruptions make it difficult to discern discrimination, weakening the effects of stronger state age discrimination protections.
April 17, 2013
CAAR – Banque de France Working Paper – April 17, 2013
“Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers,” by Luc Behaghel, Eve Caroli and Muriel Roger (Working Paper No. 431, April 2013, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.banque-france.fr/en/economics-statistics/research/working-paper-series/document/430-2.html
November 8, 2012
October 25, 2012
CAAR – Office of the Ombudsman/Oifig an Ombudsman [Ireland] Report – October 25, 2012
“Too Old to be Equal – A follow-up,” (October 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 48p.).
October 2, 2012
CSSRR – Australian Law Reform Commission Working Paper – October 2, 2012
“Grey Areas: Age Barriers to Work in Commonwealth Laws,” (DP 78, October 2012, .pdf format, 202p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.alrc.gov.au/publications/grey-areas%E2%80%94age-barriers-work-commonwealth-laws-dp-78