“Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Abilities at Older Ages: Causal Evidence from Nonparametric Bounds,” by Vikesh Amin, Jere R. Behrman, Jason M. Fletcher, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler (IZA Discussion Paper No. 15371, June 2022, .pdf format, 44p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
June 21, 2022
CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – June 21, 2022
July 1, 2021
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – July 1, 2021
A. “Geographic variation in Alzheimer’s disease mortality,” by Michael Topping, Jinho Kim, and Jason Fletcher (PLoS ONE 16(7): e0254174. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254174, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
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B. “Increasingly capable at the ripe old age? Cognitive abilities from 2004 to 2013 in Germany, Spain, and Sweden,” by Julia Grasshoff, Johannes Beller, Beatrice G. Kuhlmann, and Siegfried Geyer (PLoS ONE 16(7): e0254038. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254038, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
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May 12, 2021
CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Papers – May 12, 2021
A. “What Explains Low Old-Age Income? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study,” by Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert Clark, and Annamaria Lusardi (WP2021-08, April 2021, .pdf format, 61p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
repository.upenn.edu/prc_papers/706/
B. “Own and Parents’ Schooling as Predictors of Cognition: Findings from the Longitudinal Chilean Social Protection Survey,” by Irma T. Elo, Jere R. Behrman, David Bravo, Sneha Mani, and Alejandro Sanchez Beccara (WP2021-09, April 2021, .pdf format, 15p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
January 12, 2021
January 13, 2020
CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Papers – January 13, 2020
A. “How Cognitive Ability and Financial Literacy Shape the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages,” by Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell (WP2020-02, January 2020, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
repository.upenn.edu/prc_papers/574/
B. “Target Date Funds and Portfolio Choice in 401(k) Plans,” by Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus (WP2020-03, January 2020, .pdf format, 33p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
April 15, 2019
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – April 15, 2019
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “How Cognitive Ability and Financial Literacy Shape the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages,” by Hugh Hoikwang Kim, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell (w25750, April 2019, .pdf format, 18p.).
February 8, 2019
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – February 8, 2019
“Influence of young adult cognitive ability and additional education on later-life cognition,” by William S. Kremen, Asad Beck, Jeremy A. Elman, Daniel E. Gustavson, Chandra A. Reynolds, Xin M. Tu, Mark E. Sanderson-Cimino, Matthew S. Panizzon, Eero Vuoksimaa, Rosemary Toomey, Christine Fennema-Notestine, Donald J. Hagler Jr., Bin Fang, Anders M. Dale, Michael J. Lyons, and Carol E. Franz (Vol. 116, No. 6, February 5, 2019, p. 2021-2026).
February 28, 2018
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – February 28, 2018
“Arithmetic learning in advanced age,” by Laura Zamarian, Christoph Scherfler, Christian Kremser, Marie-Theres Pertl, Elke Gizewski, Thomas Benke, and Margarete Delazer (PLoS ONE 13(2): e0193529. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193529, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 20p.).
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February 6, 2018
CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Paper – February 6, 2018
Note: Free registration is required to access any content. “Cognitive Ability, Financial Literacy, and the Demand for Financial Advice at Older Ages: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study,” by Hugh H. Kim, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell (WP-2018-1, January 2018, .pdf format, 26p.).
pensionresearchcouncil.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WP-2018-1-Kim-et-al-1.pdf