JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10740)

J - Labor and Demographic Economics (1984)

J1 - Demographic Economics (493)

J14 - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped (50) Year LSE creators Item Type Departments File available

Article

Aghion, Philippe, Akcigit, Ufuk, Bergeaud, Antonin, Blundell, Richard, Hemous, David (2019). Innovation and top income inequality. Review of Economic Studies, 86(1), 1 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy027 picture_as_pdf

Angelini, Viola, Costa-Font, Joan (2023). Health and wellbeing spillovers of a partner’s cancer diagnosis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 212, 422 - 437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.06.001 picture_as_pdf

Barr, Nicholas (2021). Pension design and the failed economics of squirrels. LSE Public Policy Review, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.40 picture_as_pdf

Bergquist, Savannah, Costa-Font, Joan, Swartz, Katherine (2018). Long-term care partnerships: are they fit for purpose? Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 12, 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2018.03.006

Bloeck, Martín Caruso, Ibarrarán, Pablo, Galiani, Sebastian (2019). Long-term care in Latin America and the Caribbean: theory and policy considerations. Economía, 20(1), 1 - 32. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.2019.0006 picture_as_pdf

Bonsang, Eric, Costa-Font, Joan (2019). Behavioral regularities in old age planning. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 173, 297-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.11.015

Carozzi, Felipe, Gago, Andrés (2023). Who promotes gender-sensitive policies? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 206, 371 - 405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.11.031 picture_as_pdf

Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2025). Understanding the characteristics of unpaid carers living in financial hardship: risks and vulnerabilities. International Journal of Care and Caring, 9(3), 434 - 452. https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2025D000000104 picture_as_pdf

Chong, Alberto, Ñopo, Hugo (2008). The mystery of discrimination in Latin America. Economía, 8(2), 79 - 107. https://doi.org/10.1353/eco.0.0005 picture_as_pdf

Costa-Font, Joan (2010). Family ties and the crowding out of long-term care insurance. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 26(4), 691-712. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grq040

Costa-Font, Joan (2011). Insurance crowding out and long-term care partnerships. CESifo DICE Report, 9(2), 52-54.

Costa-Font, Joan, Frank, Richard, Raut, Nilesh (2026). The effects of wealth shocks on public and private long-term care insurance. Journal of Health Economics, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103086 picture_as_pdf

Costa-Font, Joan, Jiménez-Martínez, Sergi, Vilaplana, Cristina (2018). Does long-term care subsidization reduce hospital admissions and utilization? Journal of Health Economics, 58, 43-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.002

Costa-Font, Joan, Vilaplana-Prieto, Cristina (2023). Caregiving subsidies and spousal early retirement intentions. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 22(4), 550 - 589. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747222000142 picture_as_pdf

Fabiani, Beatrice, Costa-Font, Joan, Aranco, Natalia, Stampini, Marco, Ibarrarán, Pablo (2025). Funding options for long-term care services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100550 picture_as_pdf

Fernández, José-Luis, Forder, Julien (2012). Reforming long-term care funding arrangements in England: international lessons. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 34(2), 346-362. https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/pps020

García-Gómez, Pilar, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina, Jiménez-Rubio, Dolores, Oliva-Moreno, Juan (2015). Inequity in long-term care use and unmet need: two sides of the same coin. Journal of Health Economics, 39, 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.11.004

Gørtz, Mette, Sander, Sarah, Sevilla, Almudena (2025). Does the child penalty strike twice? European Economic Review, 172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104942 picture_as_pdf

Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel (2017). Retirement blues. Journal of Health Economics, 54, 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.03.007

Henz, Ursula, Wagner, Michael (2025). Socio-economic differences in receiving care by the over-80s in Germany and England: intensity of care needs as a moderator. European Journal of Ageing, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-025-00864-y picture_as_pdf

Ho, Christine (2025). Bridging generations: intergenerational transfers and time use in a changing world. Review of Economics of the Household, 23(3), 869 - 876. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-025-09800-6

Ho, Christine, Kim, Dahye, Ray, Rohan, Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan (2026). Childlessness and health in middle age and older adulthood: evidence from Singapore. European Economic Review, 184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2026.105279

Ho, Christine, McGarry, Kathleen (2025). Brothers, sisters, and support to older parents: separate spheres across and within support types? Journal of Population Economics, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-025-01059-6 picture_as_pdf

Lazarus, Suleman, Tickner, Peter, McGuire, Michael R. (2025). Cybercrime against senior citizens: exploring ageism, ideal victimhood, and the pivotal role of socioeconomics. Security Journal, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00482-4 picture_as_pdf

Lemmon, Elizabeth (2020). Utilisation of personal care services in Scotland: the influence of unpaid carers. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2020, 54 - 69. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.23 picture_as_pdf

Longhi, Simonetta, Nicoletti, Cheti, Platt, Lucinda (2012). Interpreting wage gaps of disabled men: the roles of productivity and of discrimination. Southern Economic Journal, 78(3), 931-953. https://doi.org/10.4284/0038-4038-78.3.931

Mayorga Camus, Joaquín (2026). The extra costs of disability in Chile: regional heterogeneity and policy implications. Social Indicators Research, [In Press] picture_as_pdf

Platt, Lucinda, Salway, Sarah, Chowbey, Punita, Hariss, Kaveri (2008). Ill health in the family: the intersection of employment and caring across households from four ethnic groups. Benefits: the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 16(1), 33-45.

Pradhan, Manoj, Goodhart, C. A. E. (2024). Fiscal risks in an ageing world and the implications for monetary policy. Financial and Economic Review, 23(4), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.33893/FER.23.4.69 picture_as_pdf

Roddy, Áine (2022). Income and conversion handicaps: estimating the impact of child chronic illness/disability on family income and the extra cost of child chronic illness/child disability in Ireland using a standard of living approach. European Journal of Health Economics, 23(3), 467 - 483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01371-4 picture_as_pdf

Salway, Sarah, Platt, Lucinda, Harriss, Kaveri, Chowbey, Punita (2007). Long-term health conditions and Disability Living Allowance: exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access. Sociology of Health and Illness, 29(6), 907-930. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01044.x

Sauré, Philip, Seibold, Arthur, Smorodenkova, Elizaveta, Zoabi, Hosny (2025). Occupations and retirement across countries. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100561 picture_as_pdf

Sinclair, David R., Maharani, Asri, Clegg, Andrew, Hanratty, Barbara, Tampubolon, Gindo, Todd, Chris, Wittenberg, Raphael, O'Neill, Terence W., Matthews, Fiona E. (2025). Differences in the risk of frailty based on care receipt, unmet care needs and socio-economic inequalities: a longitudinal analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Journal of Frailty and Aging, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100012 picture_as_pdf

Trukeschitz, Birgit, Hajji, Assma, Kieninger, Judith, Malley, Juliette, Linnosmaa, Issmo, Forder, Julien (2021). Investigating factors influencing quality-of-life effects of home care services in Austria, England, and Finland: a comparative analysis. Journal of European Social Policy, 31(2), 192 - 208. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928720974189 picture_as_pdf

Walbaum, Magdalena, Aguzzoli, Elisa, Castro‑Aldrete, Laura, Cyhlarova, Eva, Santuccione Chadha, Antonella, Knapp, Martin (2025). Economic implications of off-road cycle lanes to increase physical activity and reduce sex and gender differences in the risk of dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 40(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.70067 picture_as_pdf

Wang, Wanying, Costa-Font, Joan (2026). Unequal care, unequal health care? Gender differences in health care use after adult care access. Social Science & Medicine, 389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118833 picture_as_pdf

Williams, Gemma A., Cylus, Jonathan, Al Tayara, Lynn, Roubal, Tomáš, Tsilaajav, Tsolmongerel, Barber, Sarah L. (2022). Can healthy ageing moderate the effects of population ageing on economic growth and health spending trends in Mongolia? A modelling study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(SUPPL 1), p. 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00916-0 picture_as_pdf

Conference or Workshop Item

Golaz, Valerie, Antoine, Philippe, Randall, Sara, Coast, Ernestina (2012-05-02 - 2012-05-04) Definition du menage et situation des personnes agees: comparaisons entre 4 pays Africains [Paper]. Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Conference, Quebec, Canada, CAN.

Report

Cylus, Jonathan, Normand, Charles, Figueras, Josep (2018). Will population ageing spell the end of the welfare state? A review of evidence and policy options. (The Economics of Healthy and Active Ageing Series). European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Goodhart, C. A. E., Pradhan, Manoj (2020). The great demographic reversal: ageing societies, waning inequality, and an inflation revival. (SUERF Policy Notes 197). SUERF The European Money and Finance Forum.

Working paper

Altamirano, Alvaro, Oliveri, María Laura, Bosch, Mariano, Tapia, Waldo (2023). Calculating the redistributive impact of pension systems in LAC. (III Working Papers 117). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.vmfituq6ginw picture_as_pdf

Aranki, Ted, Macchiarelli, Corrado (2013). Employment duration and shifts into retirement in the EU. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 58/2013). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Barr, Nicholas (2000). Reforming pensions: myths, truths and policy choices. (IMF working paper 139). International Monetary Fund. https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451856033.001

Bergquist, Savannah, Costa-Font, Joan, Swartz, Katherine (2015). Long term care partnerships: are they 'fit for purpose'? (CESifo working papers 5155). CESifo Group.

Costa-Font, Joan, Jiménez-Martínez, Sergi, Vilaplana, Cristina (2016). Does long-term care subsidisation reduce hospital admissions? (CESifo working papers 6078). CESifo Group.

Fauth, Rebecca, Parsons, Samantha, Platt, Lucinda (2014). Convergence or divergence?: a longitudinal analysis of behaviour problems among disabled and non-disabled children aged 3 to 7 in England. (DoQSS working papers 14-13). University of London. Institute of Education.

Karagiannaki, Eleni (2005). Changes in the living arrangements of elderly people in Greece: 1974-1999. (CASEpaper 104). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Marie, Olivier, Vall Castello, Judit (2011). Measuring the (income) effect of disability insurance generosity on labour market participation. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1094). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf

Schwandt, Hannes (2014). Wealth shocks and health outcomes: evidence from stock market fluctuations. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1281). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

van Ewijk, Reyn (2009). Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy. (CEP Discussion Paper 926). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.