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Essays on health and retirement in financial planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
-of-pocket medical expenses at the household level. This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the differential effects of severe chronic diseases on single and couple households. It also sheds light on the different economic effects of health shocks...
Major life-changing events and preferred retirement time among older adults : evidence from the 1992 to 2014 health and retirement study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This study evaluated the way life-changing events affect older adults' preferred and actual retirement age using the 1992/1993, 1994/1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014 surveys of the Health ...
The distribution of financial responsibility within the family and its effect on family risk behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Men are more willing to take risks and invest more in stocks than women. Do gender differences with respect to risk tolerance still exist within married ...
How financial decision-making changes when a marriage ends : evidence from the 1992-2016 health and retirement study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Transitioning from being married to divorced or widowed is difficult, financially as well as emotionally. Individuals who had left money matters to their partners during marriage enter a period of decreased financial control ...