@article {12203, title = {Using the Health and Retirement Study for Research on the Impact of the Working Conditions on the Individual Life Course}, year = {2021}, publisher = {National Institute on Aging}, address = {Bethesda, MD}, abstract = {The aim of this paper is to evaluate the utility of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) for studying the impact of working conditions on individuals{\textquoteright} health, well-being and labor supply decisions at older ages. I provide a brief overview of the information on working conditions that is currently available in the HRS and discuss implications for studies on the effects of working conditions on the individual life course. I conclude with a discussion of how recent and projected trends in the U.S. workforce are reflected in the current HRS survey content.}, keywords = {health, Labor Supply, Well-being, Working conditions}, author = {Kathleen J Mullen} } @article {8714, title = {Employer Accommodation and Labor Supply of Disabled Workers.}, journal = {Labour Econ}, volume = {41}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 Aug}, pages = {291-303}, abstract = {

We examine the factors that influence employer accommodation of newly disabled workers and how effective such accommodations are in retaining workers and discouraging disability insurance applications. Using the Health and Retirement Study, we find that only a quarter of newly disabled older workers in their 50s are accommodated by their employers in some way following onset of a disability. Importantly, we find that few employer characteristics explain which workers are accommodated; rather, employee characteristics, particularly the presence of personality traits correlated with assertiveness and open communication, are highly predictive of accommodation. We also find that if employer accommodation rates could be increased, disabled workers would be significantly more likely to delay labor force exit for up to two years. However, accommodation does not appear to reduce subsequent disability insurance claiming.

}, issn = {0927-5371}, doi = {10.1016/j.labeco.2016.05.013}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0927537116300276http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0927537116300276?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0927537116300276?httpAccept=text/plain}, author = {Matthew J Hill and Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J Mullen} } @article {RePEc:upf:upfgen:1451, title = {Source of health insurance coverage and employment survival among newly disabled workers: Evidence from the health and retirement study}, year = {2014}, institution = {Universitat Pompeu Fabra}, abstract = {We use prospective longitudinal data on newly disabled older workers to examine the effect of employer sponsorship of health insurance (ESHI) on post-onset employment and disability insurance claiming. We compare outcomes of workers with ESHI and no access to spousal coverage prior to onset with outcomes of two comparison groups: individuals with ESHI who also have access to spousal coverage and those who are covered by a spouse{\textquoteright}s employer prior to onset. We find evidence of \"employment lock\" among the 20 percent of individuals whose disabilities do not impact their immediate physical capacity but are associated with high medical costs.}, keywords = {Disabilities, disability insurance, Disability onset, health, Health Insurance}, url = {https://ideas.repec.org/p/upf/upfgen/1451.html}, author = {Matthew J Hill and Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J Mullen} } @article {5979, title = {The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans}, year = {2013}, institution = {RAND}, abstract = {A vast literature in labor economics has studied the relationship between local labor demand shifts and the outcomes of the working age population. This literature has ignored the impacts that these shocks have on older individuals, though there are reasons to believe that the effects are not uniform by age. Using data from the Census and the Health and Retirement Study, we measure the effects of local labor demand conditions on a host of outcomes for older individuals including employment, retirement, Social Security claiming, wages, and job characteristics. We find that local labor demand conditions do affect the labor and retirement behavior of the older segment of the population, including Social Security claiming decisions. We also find evidence that older individuals are especially responsive to local labor demand shifts in the service industry, which we show has observably different job characteristics that may be especially attractive to older workers. Similarly, we find evidence that labor demand shocks not only increase the wages of older workers but also make the jobs more attractive on non-pecuniary dimensions.}, keywords = {Employment and Labor Force, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction, Social Security}, author = {Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J Mullen and David Powell} } @article {7798, title = {Monetary costs of dementia in the United States.}, journal = {N Engl J Med}, volume = {368}, year = {2013}, month = {2013 Apr 04}, pages = {1326-34}, publisher = {386}, abstract = {

BACKGROUND: Dementia affects a large and growing number of older adults in the United States. The monetary costs attributable to dementia are likely to be similarly large and to continue to increase.

METHODS: In a subsample (856 persons) of the population in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults, the diagnosis of dementia was determined with the use of a detailed in-home cognitive assessment that was 3 to 4 hours in duration and a review by an expert panel. We then imputed cognitive status to the full HRS sample (10,903 persons, 31,936 person-years) on the basis of measures of cognitive and functional status available for all HRS respondents, thereby identifying persons in the larger sample with a high probability of dementia. The market costs associated with care for persons with dementia were determined on the basis of self-reported out-of-pocket spending and the utilization of nursing home care; Medicare claims data were used to identify costs paid by Medicare. Hours of informal (unpaid) care were valued either as the cost of equivalent formal (paid) care or as the estimated wages forgone by informal caregivers.

RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of dementia among persons older than 70 years of age in the United States in 2010 was 14.7\%. The yearly monetary cost per person that was attributable to dementia was either $56,290 (95\% confidence interval [CI], $42,746 to $69,834) or $41,689 (95\% CI, $31,017 to $52,362), depending on the method used to value informal care. These individual costs suggest that the total monetary cost of dementia in 2010 was between $157 billion and $215 billion. Medicare paid approximately $11 billion of this cost.

CONCLUSIONS: Dementia represents a substantial financial burden on society, one that is similar to the financial burden of heart disease and cancer. (Funded by the National Institute on Aging.).

}, keywords = {Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cost of Illness, Dementia, Female, Health Care Costs, Home Care Services, Home Nursing, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Medicare, Middle Aged, Nursing homes, United States}, issn = {1533-4406}, doi = {10.1056/NEJMsa1204629}, url = {http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1204629}, author = {Michael D Hurd and Martorell, Paco and Delavande, Adeline and Kathleen J Mullen and Kenneth M. Langa} }