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5. What Washing Machines Tell Us About the Economy

Author

Clayton, Jay, Cohn, Gary D., Stevenson, Betsey, and Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
Tariffs -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States economic conditions -- Political aspects, Housing policy -- Planning, Government regulation, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Much of the 2024 election has been extraordinary. One thing has not, and that's the quality of the debate about America's economic future. Beyond the vibes -- both the angry [...]

Published
2024

6. The Stock Market Drama Was a Toddler Tantrum

Author

Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board, Stock markets, Stocks, Stock market, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Justin Wolfers They're unpredictable, volatile and prone to sharp emotional swings. They have short attention spans and find change difficult because they are frequently scared of new things or [...]

Published
2024

7. An Economist Walks Into a Grocery Store

Author

Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
Grocery industry, Economists, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

I, too, know that flash of resentment when grocery store prices feel as if they don't make sense. I hate the fact that a small treat feels less like an [...]

Published
2024

8. I'm an Economist. Don't Worry. Be Happy

Author

Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
Grocery industry, Economists, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Justin Wolfers I, too, know that flash of resentment when grocery store prices feel like they don't make sense. I hate the fact that a small treat now feels [...]

Published
2024

11. HOW THE GROWING GAP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY MAY AFFECT RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND REFORMS.

Author

Charles, Kerwin, Coile, Courtney, Gale, William, Goldman, Dana, Lucas, Charles, Orszag, Peter, Sheiner, Louise, Tysinger, Bryan, Weil, David, Wolfers, Justin, Wong, Rebeca, Auerbach, Alan, and Lee, Ronald

Abstract

Older Americans have experienced dramatic gains in life expectancy in recent decades, but an emerging literature reveals that these gains are accumulating mostly to those at the top of the income distribution. We explore how growing inequality in life expectancy affects lifetime benefits from Social Security, Medicare, and other programs and how this phenomenon interacts with possible program reforms. We first project that life expectancy at age 50 for males in the two highest income quintiles will rise by 7 to 8 years between the 1930 and 1960 birth cohorts, but that the two lowest income quintiles will experience little to no increase over that time period. This divergence in life expectancy will cause the gap between average lifetime program benefits received by men in the highest and lowest quintiles to widen by $130,000 (in $2009) over this period. Finally we simulate the effect of Social Security reforms such as raising the normal retirement age and changing the benefit formula to see whether they mitigate or enhance the reduced progressivity resulting from the widening gap in life expectancy.

Published
2017

12. How the Growing Gap in Life Expectancy May Affect Retirement Benefits and Reforms

Author

Auerbach, Alan J, Charles, Kerwin K, Coile, Courtney C, Gale, William, Goldman, Dana, Lee, Ronald, Lucas, Charles M, Orszag, Peter R, Sheiner, Louise M, Tysinger, Bryan, Weil, David N, Wolfers, Justin, and Wong, Rebeca

Subjects
Aging, Generic health relevance, Good Health and Well Being, demographic trends, inequality, government expenditures, social security, Applied Economics, Banking, Finance and Investment, Finance
Abstract

Older Americans have experienced dramatic gains in life expectancy in recent decades, but an emerging literature reveals that these gains are accumulating mostly to those at the top of the income distribution. We explore how growing inequality in life expectancy affects lifetime benefits from Social Security, Medicare, and other programs and how this phenomenon interacts with possible program reforms. We first project that life expectancy at age 50 for males in the two highest income quintiles will rise by 7 to 8 years between the 1930 and 1960 birth cohorts, but that the two lowest income quintiles will experience little to no increase over that time period. This divergence in life expectancy will cause the gap between average lifetime program benefits received by men in the highest and lowest quintiles to widen by $130,000 (in $2009) over this period. Finally we simulate the effect of Social Security reforms such as raising the normal retirement age and changing the benefit formula to see whether they mitigate or enhance the reduced progressivity resulting from the widening gap in life expectancy.

Published
2017

23. Editorial

Author

Wolfers, Justin and Maxwell, Jini

Published
2019

25. Editorial

Author

Caldwell, Bridget, Maxwell, Jini, and Wolfers, Justin

Published
2019

26. Editorial

Author

Maxwell, Jini and Wolfers, Justin

Published
2019

27. Editorial

Author

Dzunko, Zoe, Maxwell, Jini, and Wolfers, Justin

Published
2019

29. Editorial

Author

Wolfers, Justin

Published
2018

34. The New Couples Economy

Author

Wolfers, Justin

Subjects
College students -- Demographic aspects, Education, Higher -- Demographic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The rising gender gap in college education -- currently three women for every two men -- might turn out to be one of the most transformative trends of our time. [...]

Published
2021

41. The Promise of Prediction Markets

Author

Arrow, Kenneth J., Forsythe, Robert, Gorham, Michael, Hahn, Robert, Hanson, Robin, Ledyard, John O., Levmore, Saul, Litan, Robert, Milgrom, Paul, Nelson, Forrest D., Neumann, George R., Ottaviani, Marco, Schelling, Thomas C., Shiller, Robert J., Smith, Vernon L., Snowberg, Erik, Sunstein, Cass R., Tetlock, Paul C., Tetlock, Philip E., Varian, Hal R., Wolfers, Justin, and Zitzewitz, Eric

Published
2008
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