This paper presents a general equilibrium assignment model of workers to tasks with endogenous supply of skills. The model has 2 key features. First, skills are endogenous and multidimensional. Second, two types of assignment occur; workers self-select the type of skills to supply and firms...

This paper presents a general equilibrium assignment model of workers to tasks with endogenous supply of skills. The model has 2 key features. First, skills are endogenous and multidimensional. Sec- ond, two types of assignment occur; workers self-select the type of skills to supply and …rms...

This paper uses longitudinal test data to analyze the relation be- tween retirement and cognitive development. Controlling for individ- ual …xed e¤ects and lagged cognition, we …nd that retirees face greater declines in information processing speed than those who remain em- ployed. However,...