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Abstract To determine how asset values of older workers affect their future retirement decisions, it is important to take into account how asset values change over asset cycles.  This study uses Health and Retirement Study data from waves 1992 through 2010 together with restricted SSA data on geographic location to estimate a model of t…

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Abstract We use administrative records of the universe of applicants between 1991 and 2008 provided by the U.S. Social Security Administration to study how the composition of applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) changes with short-term fluctuations in the unemployment rate, and how such changes relate to their earnings and employment.  We use fixed…