Eric French
About
Eric French formerly was on staff in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Bank Publications
Chicago Fed Letter
Economic Perspectives
Working papers
Working Papers
Presentations and Other Resources
The Spending and Debt Response to Minimum Wage Hikes
With Dan Aaronson and Sumit Agarwal, forthcoming, American Economic Review, based on working paper, No. 2007-23.
Please Note: The AER2012 file is available to subscribers on the AER website.
The Effects of Health Insurance and Self-Insurance on Retirement Behavior
With John Bailey Jones, 2011, Econometrica, Vol. 79, No. 3, May, pp. 693–732, based on working paper No. 2001-19.
Please Note: The Ecta2011 file is 18.2 MB, which may affect download speed.
Why Do the Elderly Save? The Role of Medical Expenses, previously titled Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenditures and the Savings of Elderly Singles
With Mariacristina DeNardi and John Bailey Jones, 2010, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 118, No. 1, February, pp. 37-75. Based on working paper No. 2009-02
On the Distribution and Dynamics of Health Costs
With John Bailey Jones, 2004, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 19, No. 6, November, pp. 705-721, based on working paper No. 2002-21.
The Effects of Health, Wealth and Wages on Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior
2005, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 72, No. 2, April. pp. 395-427.
Data and computer codes for the results reported in the paper.
Please Note: The Restud file is 256 MB, which may affect download speed.
Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenses and the Saving of Elderly Singles
Inputs for profiles behind Chicago Fed working paper No. 2005-13.
