Courtney C. Coile
Assistant Professor of Economics
Wellesley College
Assistant Professor of Economics
Wellesley College
Background
Courtney Coile is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. Dr. Coile’s current research focuses on the impact of Social Security and private pensions on the retirement decisions of individuals and couples. Before joining the faculty at Wellesley in July 2000, Dr. Coile was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where she is now a Faculty Research Fellow. Dr. Coile has taught a summer course at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and worked as a research assistant at the NBER and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also spent two years as an analyst for the consulting firm of Putnam, Hayes, & Bartlett.
Dr. Coile earned her A.B. from Harvard College and her Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"What Happens to Household Portfolios After Retirement?" (with Kevin Milligan), Issue in Brief, #56, November 2006.
"How Portfolios Evolve After Retirement: The Effect of Health Shocks" (with Kevin Milligan), Working Paper, #2005-17, December 2005.
"Fiscal Effects of Social Security Reform in the United States" (with Jonathan Gruber), Working Paper, #2003-05, April 2003.
"Retirement Incentives and Couples' Retirement Decisions" Working Paper, #2003-04, March 2003.
"The Effect of Health Events and Health Insurance on Couples’ Labor Supply Decisions" Conference Paper, May 2002.
"Social Security and Retirement" (with Jonathan Gruber), Working Paper, #2000-11, December 2000.
"How Do Couples Decide to Retire?" Conference Paper, May 2000
Selected Publications
- Coile, Courtney, Peter Diamond, Jonathan Gruber, and Alain Jousten. Forthcoming 2000. "Delays in Claiming Social Security Benefits." Journal of Public Economics.
- Coile, Courtney and Jonathan Gruber. 2000. "Social Security Incentives for Retirement" NBER Working Paper #7651 (April).
- Coile, Courtney and Jonathan Gruber. 2000. "Social Security and Retirement" NBER Working Paper #7830 (August).
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