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Nicole MaestasSanta Monica Office Economist; Associate Director, Economics, Finance and Organization, RAND Health; Professor of Economics, Pardee RAND Graduate School EducationPh.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; M.P.P. in public policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in English and Spanish, Wellesley College |
Research Focus
Medicare and related insurance markets; work at older ages; retirement behavior; Social Security and employer pensions; Social Security Disability Insurance program
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Effect of Medicare on health, utilization, and mortality
- Price variation in the Medigap market
- Retirement, partial retirement, and unretirement
- Work disincentives in SSDI program
Selected Publications
Nicole Maestas, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, "Does Medicare Save Lives?", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2) 597-636, 2009
Nicole Maestas, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, "The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare", American Economic Review, 98(5) 2242–58, 2008
Nicole Maestas, Cohort Differences in Retirement Expectations and Realizations in Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?, Oxford University Press, 2007
Nicole Maestas, "Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement", Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming 2010
Nicole Maestas and Julie Zissimopoulos, "Work at Older Ages: The Shape of Change,", Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming Winter 2010
Research Focus
Medicare and related insurance markets; work at older ages; retirement behavior; Social Security and employer pensions; Social Security Disability Insurance program
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Effect of Medicare on health, utilization, and mortality
- Price variation in the Medigap market
- Retirement, partial retirement, and unretirement
- Work disincentives in SSDI program
Selected Publications
Nicole Maestas, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, "Does Medicare Save Lives?", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(2) 597-636, 2009
Nicole Maestas, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, "The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare", American Economic Review, 98(5) 2242–58, 2008
Nicole Maestas, Cohort Differences in Retirement Expectations and Realizations in Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?, Oxford University Press, 2007
Nicole Maestas, "Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement", Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming 2010
Nicole Maestas and Julie Zissimopoulos, "Work at Older Ages: The Shape of Change", Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming Winter 2010
Research Focus
Retirement behavior, health insurance
Recent Projects
- Retirement expectations and work after retirement
- Joint retirement of married couples
- Self-employment among older workers
- Impact of Medicare on health care utilization and treatment intensity
- Delayed health care among the near elderly
- Medical expense risk and household financial behavior
- Understanding the Medigap market
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; CBS News Affiliate
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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