OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the Economics of Ageing is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea	61
The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach	26
Displaced, disliked and misunderstood: A systematic review of the reasons for low uptake of long-term care insurance and life annuities	25
Do good working conditions make you work longer? Analyzing retirement decisions using linked survey and register data	24
The rising longevity gap by lifetime earnings – Distributional implications for the pension system	22
What are the effects of expanding social pension on health? Evidence from the Basic Pension in South Korea	21
The gender gap in education and late-life cognition: Evidence from multiple countries and birth cohorts	17
Gender differences in widowhood in the short-run and long-run: Financial, emotional, and mental wellbeing	16
Redistributive effects of different pension systems when longevity varies by socioeconomic status	16
Internet use and cognition among middle-aged and older adults in China: A cross-lagged panel analysis	15
Big data at work: Age and labor productivity in the service sector	13
Health, work, and income among middle-aged and older adults: A panel analysis for China	13
Willingness to pay for long-term home care services: Evidence from a stated preferences analysis	13
The influence of old-age retirement on health: Causal evidence from the Finnish register data	12
Revisiting longer-term health effects of informal caregiving: Evidence from the UK	12
Health inequality among Chinese older adults: The role of childhood circumstances	12
Gender differences in cognitive function among older Mexican immigrants	10
Who can predict their own demise? Heterogeneity in the accuracy and value of longevity expectations☆	10
Financial literacy of middle-aged and older Individuals: Comparison of Japan and the United States	9
Lifetime job demands and later life disability	9
Health insurance and poverty of the older population in the United States: The importance of a health inclusive poverty measure	9
Retirement and health investment behaviors: An international comparison	9
R&D-driven medical progress, health care costs, and the future of human longevity	9
Do living arrangements matter?—Evidence from eating behaviors of the elderly in rural China	9
Financial knowledge and portfolio complexity in Singapore	9

Reductions in local government spending on community-based social care and unmet social care needs of older people in England	9
Worsening workers' health by lowering retirement age: The malign consequences of a benign reform	9
How financial literacy shapes the demand for financial advice at older ages	8
How do subjective life expectancies compare with mortality tables? Similarities and differences in three national samples	8
Counting unpaid work in Kenya: Gender and age profiles of hours worked and imputed wage incomes	8
Early life conditions and financial risk-taking in older age	8
Time to change? Promoting mobility at older ages to support longer working lives	7
Working longer and population aging in the U.S.: Why delayed retirement isn’t a practical solution for many	7
Short and long-term change in subjective well-being among voluntary and involuntary retirees	7
Consumption- and productivity-adjusted dependency ratio with household structure heterogeneity in China	7
Population Aging and Public Finances: Evidence from El Salvador	7
Trust and retirement preparedness: Evidence from Singapore	7
Mental health effects of caregivers respite: Subsidies or Supports?	7
The effects of population aging on South Korea’s economy: The National Transfer Accounts approach	7
The role of gender, education and family in the welfare organization: Disaggregating National Transfer Accounts	7
Gone with the windfall – Germany's Second LTC Strengthening Act and its intergenerational implications	7
The relationship between age and subjective well-being: Estimating within and between effects simultaneously	7
Lifetime employment–coresidential trajectories and extended working life in Chile	7
Consumption and poverty of older Chinese: 2011–2020	6
The long term impact of Chilean policy reforms on savings and pensions	6
Health misperception and healthcare utilisation among older Europeans	6
How does paid family leave affect unpaid care providers?	6
The impact of population aging on business cycles volatility: International evidence	6
The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health — Evidence from administrative data	6
The effect of post-retirement employment on health	6
Macroeconomic impacts of changes in life expectancy and fertility	6
Preparing for population ageing: Estimating the cost of formal aged care in China	5
Opportunity costs of unpaid caregiving: Evidence from panel time diaries	5
Aging workforce, wages, and productivity: Do older workers drag productivity down in Korea?	5
Temps dip deeper: Temporary employment and the midlife nadir in human well-being	5
Pension exposure and health: Evidence from a longitudinal study in South Africa	5
Later retirement and the labor market re-integration of elderly unemployed workers	5
Age differences in preferences through the lens of socioemotional selectivity theory	4
Who bears the brunt? The impact of banking crises on younger and older workers	4
Optimal demand for medical and long-term care	4
A demographic headwind: Will an aging society reduce the real interest rate and potential growth?	4
The effect of social pension on consumption among older adults in Korea	4
COVID-19 and attitudes towards early withdrawal of pension funds: The role of trust and political ideology	4
The evolution of labor force participation and the expected length of retirement in Brazil	4
Population ageing and income inequality	3
Social security and retirement in fast-aging middle-income countries: Evidence from Korea	3
Met or unmet need for long-term care: Formal and informal care in southern Europe	3
Divorce and well-being. Disentangling the role of stress and socio economic status	3
Pension information and women’s awareness	3
Taking control: Active investment choice in Singapore’s national defined contribution scheme	3
The shock of falling among older Americans	3
Aging, education and intergenerational flows in Uruguay	3
Wills, public policy, and financial well-being among surviving spouses	3
The economic consequences of hospitalizations for older workers across countries	3
The limited power of socioeconomic status to predict lifespan: Implications for pension policy	3

Long-run health trends in Europe	3
The rise of age-friendly jobs	3
The powerful combination of cross-country comparisons and life-history data	3
Excess costs of dementia in old age (85+) in Germany: Results from the AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study	3
Subsidies for elderly care with a pay-as-you-go pension	3
Health improvements impact income inequality	2
Population age structure and secular stagnation: Evidence from long run data	2
Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants	2
Monetary cost estimation of care for functionally dependent older adults in Mexico	2
Objective and subjective memory: Impact on the financial behavior of older adults in the United States	2
Pension reforms or consequences of the economic crisis? Measuring the changes of pension incomes in selected EU countries using APC approach	2
Returning to work: The role of soft skills and automatability on unretirement decisions	2
Publisher's note	2
Medical progress and life cycle choices	2
Demand for older workers: What do we know? What do we need to learn?	2
The economics of longevity – An introduction	2
Are homeownership patterns stable enough to tap home equity?	2
Do stronger employment discrimination protections decrease reliance on Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence from the U.S. Social Security reforms	2
Fertility, Imperfect Labor Market, and Notional Defined Contribution Pension	2
The impact of social security wealth on the distribution of wealth in the European Union	2
R(a)ising employment of older individuals	2
Beware of the employer: Financial incentives for employees may fail to prolong old-age employment	2
Why is ageing associated with lower adoption of new technologies? Evidence from voluntary medical male circumcision and a structural model	2
The impact of cash transfers on child outcomes in rural Thailand: Evidence from a social pension reform	2
Automation and aging: The impact on older workers in the workforce	2
Population aging and house prices: Who are we calling old?	2
Political violence and household savings: Evidence from the long-term effects of the Cultural Revolution	2
Informal caregiving and work: A high price to pay. The case of Baltic States	2