Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Bastian Ravesteijn (In Press). “Applying Aspects of Disability Determination Methods from the Netherlands in the U.S.” Social Security Bulletin, In Press. Previous version: NBER Center for Retirement and Disability Research Paper NB21-08.
Clark, Hailey, Bastian Ravesteijn, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Nicole Maestas (2025). “The Prevalence of Functional Limitations in the United States Workforce.” PNAS, 122(23): e2413663122. Ungated version.
Lopez Garcia, Italo, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen J. Mullen (2025). “Aging and Work Capacity.” Journal of Economics of Aging, 30: 100576. Ungated version.
Finucane, Melissa, Samer Atshan, Andrew M. Parker, Katherine Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Philip Armour (2025). “COVID-19 Disruption to Routine Behaviors and Effects on Mental Health.” Health, Risk & Society, 27(3-4): pp. 145-166. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger (2023). “The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages.” American Economic Review, 113(7): pp. 2007-2047. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and David Powell (2023). “The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 15(2): pp. 306-332. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand (2021). “The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Disability Insurance Program: Evidence from the Great Recession.” Journal of Public Economics, 199, 104410. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Stephanie Rennane (2021). “Absenteeism and Presenteeism among American Workers.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 32(1): pp. 13-23. Ungated version.
Heim, Bradley, Ithai Lurie, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Kosali Simon (2021). “How Much Do Outside Options Matter? The Effect of Subsidized Health Insurance on Social Security Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt.” Journal of Health Economics, 76, 102437. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Stephanie Rennane (2019). “Unmet Need for Workplace Accommodation.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(4), pp. 1004-1027. Ungated version.
Mullen, Kathleen J. and Stefan Staubli (2016). “Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal.” Journal of Public Economics, 143, pp. 49-63. Ungated version.
Hill, Matthew J., Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen (2016). “Employer Accommodation and Labor Supply of Disabled Workers.” Labour Economics, 41, pp. 291-303. Ungated version.
Manoli, Dayanand S., Kathleen J. Mullen and Mathis Wagner (2015). “Policy Variation, Labor Supply Elasticities and a Structural Model of Retirement.” Economic Inquiry, 53(4), pp. 1702-1717. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand (2013). “Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt.” American Economic Review, 103(5), pp. 1797-1829. Ungated version.
Hurd, Michael D., Paco Martorell, Adeline Delavande, Kathleen J. Mullen and Kenneth M. Langa (2013). “Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States.” The New England Journal of Medicine, 368(14), pp. 1326-1334. Ungated version.
Fonseca, Raquel, Kathleen J. Mullen, Gema Zamarro and Julie Zissimopoulos (2012). “What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making.” Journal of Consumer Affairs, 46(1), pp. 90-106. Ungated version.
Mullen, Kathleen J., Richard G. Frank and Meredith B. Rosenthal (2010). “Can You Get What You Pay For? Pay-for-Performance and the Quality of Healthcare Providers.” The RAND Journal of Economics, 41(1), pp. 64-91. Ungated version.
Hansen, Karsten T., James J. Heckman and Kathleen J. Mullen (2004). “The Effect of Schooling and Ability on Achievement Test Scores.” Journal of Econometrics, 121(1-2), pp. 39-98. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, and Kathleen J. Mullen (2024). “Economic Conditions, the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession, and Implications for Disability Insurance in the United States,” In Real World Shocks and Retirement System Resiliency, Edited by Olivia Mitchell, John Sabelhaus, and Stephen Utkus, Oxford University Press.
Mullen, Kathleen J. (2022). “Using the Health and Retirement Study for Research on the Impact of Working Conditions on the Individual Life Course.” Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2022. Ungated version.
Berger, Benjamin, Italo Lopez Garcia, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen J. Mullen (2022). “The Link between Health and Working Longer: Differences in Work Capacity,” In Overtime: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer, Eds. Lisa Berkman and Beth C. Truesdale, Oxford University Press.
Armour, Philip, Katherine Grace Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Shanthi Nataraj (2020). “Telecommuting and Work in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Workers Returning to the Workplace or Staying in Their Home Offices?” RAND Research Report RRA308-11.
Committee for the Peer Review of a Report Commissioned by the Social Security Administration on Required Mental Health Requirements for Selected Occupations (2020). “Peer Review of a Report Commissioned by the Social Security Administration on Selected Occupational Requirements.” A Consensus Study Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Armour, Philip, Katherine Grace Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Shanthi Nataraj (2020). “The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Changing Nature of Work: Lose Your Job, Show Up to Work, or Telecommute?” RAND Research Report RRA308-4.
Laitner, John, Eric French, Alan L. Gustman, Michael D. Hurd, Olivia S. Mitchell, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Susan C. Barnes (2020). “Social Security Research at the University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center.” Social Security Bulletin, 80(1), pp. 19-29.
Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods (2019). “2019 Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods: Report to the Social Security Advisory Board.”
Committee on Health Care Utilization and Adults with Disabilities (2018). “Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination.” A Consensus Study Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger (2017). “Working Conditions in the United States: Results of the 2015 American Working Conditions Survey.” RAND Research Report RR-2014-APSF.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand (2015). “Disability Insurance and the Great Recession.” American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 105(5), pp. 177-182. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand (2014). “Disability Insurance and Health Insurance Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts.” American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 104(5), pp. 329-335. Ungated version.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Gema Zamarro (2010). “Research Designs for Estimating Induced Entry into the SSDI Program Resulting from a Benefit Offset.” RAND Technical Report TR-908.
Stecher, Brian M., Frank Camm, Cheryl L. Damberg, Laura S. Hamilton, Kathleen J. Mullen, Christopher Nelson, Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Alison Yoh, Gail Zellman and Kristin L. Leuschner (2010). “Towards a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services.” RAND Monograph MG-1019.
Mullen, Kathleen J., and Stephanie Rennane (2024). “The Effect of Unconditional Cash Transfers on the Labor Supply of Workers with Disabilities.” Previous version: "The Effect of Unconditional Cash Transfers on the Return to Work of Permanently Disabled Workers," NBER Center for Retirement and Disability Research Paper NB17-09.
Lopez Garcia, Italo, Kathleen J. Mullen, and Jeffrey B. Wenger (2022). “The Role of Physical, Cognitive and Interpersonal Occupational Requirements and Working Conditions on Disability and Retirement.” MRDRC Working Paper 2022-448.
Mullen, Kathleen, and Stephanie Rennane (2021). “How Does the Income Effect Vary with Skill Level for Workers with Disabilities?” NBER Center for Retirement and Disability Research Paper NB21-03.
Mullen, Kathleen J., and Stephanie Rennane (2020). “Understanding the Impact of Cash on Hand on the Labor Supply of Disabled Workers.” NBER Center for Retirement and Disability Research Paper NB19-25.
Lopez Garcia, Italo, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen J. Mullen (2020). “The Changing Nature of Work and Work Capacity.” MRDRC Working Paper 2020-415.
Lopez Garcia, Italo, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen J. Mullen (2019). “Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations.” MRDRC Working Paper 2019-400.
Autor, David, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand (2015). “Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants.” NBER Working Paper 20840.
Hill, Matthew J., Nicole Maestas and Kathleen J. Mullen (2013). “Source of Health Insurance Coverage and Employment Survival Among Newly Disabled Workers: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.” RAND Working Paper WR-1040.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and David Powell (2013). “The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply of Older Americans.” RAND Working Paper WR-1019.
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen and Gema Zamarro (2012). “Induced Entry into the SSDI Program: Using SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment.” MRRC Working Paper 2012-262.