Current research
Currently, my research focuses on two areas - the economics of aging and retirement as well as the economics of preventive care. Below is a short description of these research areas along with a selected list of key publications and current working papers. A full list of my publications can be found here, and my working papers are listed here.
Aging and retirement
I examine social and economic determinants of health and health behavior in old age. A particular focus is on the transition from work to retirement, and its consequences for older adults behavior. In addition, I am also involved in research on the effect of health on labour market participation in old age.
Current working papers:
Eibich, P. and Zai, X., 2022. Are the grandparents alright? The health consequences of grandparental childcare provision. MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-023.
Key publications:
Eibich, P., 2023. Instrumental variable estimates of the burden of parental caregiving, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 26, 100467. [Ungated version]
Akesaka, M., Eibich, P., Hanaoka, C., and Shigeoka, H., 2023. Temporal Instability of Risk Preference among the Poor: Evidence from Payday Cycles. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15(4), 68-99. WP here.
Eibich, P., Lorenti, A., and Mosca, I., 2022. Does retirement affect voluntary work provision? Evidence from Europe and the U.S. , Labour Economics, forthcoming.
Eibich, P. and Liu, C., 2021. For better or for worse mental health? The role of family networks in exogamous unions. Population, Space and Place, 27, e2437.
Eibich, P., and Siedler, T., 2020. Retirement, Intergenerational Time Transfers, and Fertility, European Economic Review , 124, 103392 .
Pedron, S., Maier, W., Peters, A., Linkohr, B., Meisinger, C., Rathmann, W., Eibich, P., and Schwettmann, L., 2020. The effect of retirement on biomedical and behavioral risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic disease, Economics & Human Biology, 38, 100893.
Eibich, P., 2015.Understanding the effect of retirement on health: Mechanisms and Heterogeneity, Journal of Health Economics, 43,1-12.
Preventive care
Preventive care is often considered to be a key action to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in old age. Yet, preventive care programs (e.g., health check ups or cancer screening programs) is often underused, and large social gradients have been reported in the literature. In my research, I focus on social and economic determinants of preventive care use, such as labor market participation or health information. Using econometric approaches, my research aims to discover the causal impact of these determinants on uptake of preventive care. I also consider the role of health policy and screening programs in individual's decisions to access preventive care.
Current work in progress:
Eibich, P., Goldzahl, L., and Yu, S., 2023. Media coverage of health information and attitudes towards HPV vaccination
Key publications:
Eibich, P., and Goldzahl, L., 2020. Health information provision, health knowledge and health behaviors: Evidence from breast cancer screening, Social Science & Medicine, 265, 113505.
Eibich, P., and Goldzahl, L., 2021. Does retirement affect secondary preventive care use? Evidence from breast cancer screening, Economics & Human Biology, 43, 10106.
Family formation and women's labour force participation
I also study how social and economic factors influence family formation and childbearing, with a particular focus on women's health and labour market outcomes.
Current working papers:
Nisén, J., Tassot, J., Iacoella, F., and Eibich, P., 2022. The effect of fertility timing on women’s earnings at midlife in the UK. MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-021.
Tian, J and Eibich, P. , 2022. Parental income, educational expectations, and the fertility desire of Chinese adolescents – A mediation analysis of CFPS data. Available on request.
Key publications:
Palumbo, L., Berrington, A., and Eibich, P., 2024. Assessing the Parental SES Gradient in Young Britons’ Partnership Expectations, Attitudes and its Potential Mediators, Advances in Life Course Research, forthcoming.
Bister, L., Eibich, P., and Rutigliano, R., 2024. Who is affected by parental leave reforms? Women’s selection into different parental leave lengths across recent policy reforms in Germany, Genus, forthcoming.
Bister, L., Eibich, P., Rutigliano, R., Kühn, M. and van Hedel, K., 2023. Selection into maternity leave length and long-run maternal health in Germany, Journal of Social Policy, p.1-20.
Palumbo, L.V., Berrington, A., Eibich, P., and Vitali, A., 2022. Uncertain Steps Into Adulthood: Does economic precariousness hinder entry into the first coresidential partnership in the UK? Population Studies, 77(2), 263-289.