Norma B. Coe
Associate Director for Research
Norma B. Coe is the associate director for research at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and a fellow in the Network for the Study of Pensions, Aging and Retirement (Netspar). Prior to joining the Center’s staff in 2009, Dr. Coe was an assistant professor at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. While there, she was awarded the Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship from the European Union to study the health effects of retirement. She received her Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 2005. She has also worked at the Urban Institute and the Department of the Treasury in the Division of Tax Analysis.
Dr. Coe’s research interests include public finance, labor, and health economics. Her focus is on how government policies interact with each other and how they influence individual behavior.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"How Can Customized Information Change Financial Plans?" (with Kelly Haverstick), Issue in Brief, #11-4, March 2011.
"Responding to the Downturn: How Does Information Change Behavior?" (with Kelly Haverstick), Issue in Brief, #10-20, December 2010.
"Effect of Informal Care on Work, Wages, and Wealth," (with Courtney Harold van Houtven and Meghan Skira), Working Paper, #2010-23, December 2010.
"Measuring the Spillover to Disability Insurance Due to the Rise in the Full Retirement Age," (with Kelly Haverstick), Working Paper, #2010-21, December 2010.
"Do Parents Live It Up When Children Fly the Coop?" (with Zhenya Karamcheva and Anthony Webb), Issue in Brief, #10-18, November 2010.
"How Do Responses to the Downturn Vary by Household Characteristics?" (with Kelly Haverstick), Issue in Brief, #10-17, November 2010.
"Children and Household Utility: Evidence from Kids Flying the Coop," (with Anthony Webb), Working Paper, #2010-16, November 2010.
"How Do Responses to the Downturn Vary by Household Characteristics?" (with Kelly Haverstick), Issue in Brief, #10-17, November 2010.
"Overview of the CRR 2009 Retirement Survey," (with Alicia H. Munnell, Kelly Haverstick, and Steven A. Sass), Working Paper, #2010-15, October 2010.
"The Impact of a DROP Program on the Age of Retirement and Employer Pension Costs," (with Samson Alva and Anthony Webb), Working Paper, #2010-11, September 2010.
"Spousal Health Shocks and the Timing of the Retirement Decision in the Face of Forward-Looking Financial Incentives," (with Courtney Harold Van Houtven), Working Paper, #2010-7, June 2010.
"Actual and Anticipated Inheritance Receipts," (with Anthony Webb), Working Paper, #2009-32, December 2009.
"The Asset and Income Profile of Residents in Seniors Care Communities," (with Melissa Boyle), Working Paper, #2009-20, September 2009.