Dave Knapp
Research Scientist (Economist)
dmknapp [at] usc.edu
University of Southern California
Center for Economic and Social Research
Research Areas:
Retirement
Pensions
Aging
Personnel economics
Lifecycle decisions
(e.g., savings and decumulation, long-term care, marriage, child-bearing and rearing divorce)Related econometric approaches
(e.g., quasi-experimental methods, structural models)
Recent publications
Knapp, David, James Hosek, Michael G. Mattock, and Beth J. Asch (2023). "Predicting Retention Behavior: Ex Ante Prediction and Ex Post Realization of a Voluntary Retirement Incentive Offer," Economics of Education Review, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102325
Hosek, James, David Knapp, Michael G. Mattock, and Beth J. Asch (2023). "Incentivizing Retirement: An Analysis of Cash Retirement Incentives for Chicago Teachers," Educational Researcher, 52(2), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X211062850
Knapp, David, and Jinkook Lee (2023). "Introduction to special issue on institutional influences on retirement, health and well-being," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 22(2), 161-166. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1474747221000408
Armour, Phillip and David Knapp (2023). "The consequences of claiming Social Security benefits at age 62," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 22(2), 211-237. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747221000378
Knapp, David, Italo Lopez Garcia, Krishna Kumar, Jinkook Lee, and Jongwook Won (2021). "A Dynamic Behavioral Model of Korean Saving, Work, and Benefit Claiming Decisions," Journal of the Economics of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2021.100321
Knapp, David, Maciej Lis, Jinkook Lee, and Drystan Phillips (2021). "Evaluating alternative approaches for predicting pension benefits and incentives," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 20(4), 454 - 467. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747219000027
Recent working papers
Knapp, David and Francisco Perez-Arce (2022). "Racial and ethnic disparities in knowledge about Social Security programs." Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) Working Paper; MRDRC WP 2022-449. https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp449.pdf
Asch, Beth J., David Knapp, and Michael G. Mattock (2022). “The Effects of Public Sector Retirement Plan Reform on Workforce Retention: Evidence from Teachers in Three States,” RAND Working Paper Series, WR-A816-2, Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://doi.org/10.7249/WRA816-2
Knapp, David, Peter Hudomiet, Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder (2022). “The Role of Family Proximity in the Dynamics of Care After Age 70.”
Brugiavini, Agar, David Knapp, Jinkook Lee, Drystan Phillips, Giacomo Rebellato (2022). “Determinants and Implications of Sex-Based Public Pension Income Disparities: A Cross- Country Analysis.” Presented at the 2022 Netspar Pension Workshop. https://www.netspar.nl/assets/uploads/46_Knapp.pdf
Knapp, David, Jinkook Lee, Maciej Lis, and Drystan Phillips, (2021). "Public Pension Design and Household Retirement Decisions: A Comparison of the United States and Germany." Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) Working Paper; MRDRC WP 2021-417. https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp417.pdf
Knapp, David, Beth J. Asch, and Michael G. Mattock, (2021). "Public Employee Retention Responses to Alternative Retirement Plan Design: South Carolina Teachers and State Public Employees." Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. https://doi.org/10.7249/WRA816-1
Studies in progress
Global policy series at the Gateway to Global Aging Data (with Jinkook Lee and the gateway team)
Leading the collection of historical policy data pertaining to pensions, long-term care and COVID-19 across the 40+ international countries associated with the international network of health and retirement studies
Early life conditions, work, subjective well-being, and cognition (with Arie Kapteyn)