We study the interaction of education in adolescence and labor force participation around retirement age and its effect on cognitive abilities for individuals in Europe. Besides a direct long-run effect of education, indirect ones may arise, specifically through labor force participation. We...

We study the effects of retirement on cognitive functioning among women aged 63 to 67 by exploiting a German retirement reform that raised the early retirement age for women born after 1951 by three years, from 60 to 63. Our indicators of cognitive functioning are experimental measures (word...

We show that two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimates of interactions can be misleading in settings with essential heterogeneity (e.g., selection into gains) and where complier status to the instrument depends on the interaction variable. The 2SLS estimator cannot disentangle interaction effects...

Energy poverty research has received increased attention in the energy economics literature in recent years. We analyze the preferences of low-income renters in the city of Graz, Austria, for different energy retrofitting options. Using data collected from a Discrete Choice Experiment, we find...