Economics Faculty Directory

Joseph Quinn

Professor

Department

Economics

Selected Publications

“Bridge Employment,”revision of our 2013 article, with Kevin Cahill and Michael Giandrea,inThe Oxford Handbook of Retirement, Mo Wang, editor. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Does bridge employment mitigate or exacerbate inequalities later in life?" with Kevin Cahill, Michael Giandrea, Lawrence Sacco and Loretta Platts,Work, Aging and Retirement, September 2022.

“The Importance of Gradual Retirement in America Today,” with Kevin Cahill,Public Policy and Aging Report30(3), 2020, pp. 107-112.

The Retirement Income Security Outlook for Older Workers: Causes for Concern and Reasons for Optimism” with Kevin Cahill, inCurrent and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work, Sara Czaja and Jacquelyn James, editors. New York, NY: Springer, 2019.

“Transitions from career employment among public- and private-sector workers” with Kevin Cahill and Michael Giandrea,Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2019.

“The Relative Effectiveness of the Minimum Wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit as Anti-Poverty Tools” with Kevin Cahill, inGrowing Apart: Religious Reflections on the Rise of Economic Inequality, Kate Ward and Kenneth Himes, editors. Basel: MDPI Books, 2019. Also inReligions8(4), 2017.

Downloadable Boston College Working Papers

Working Paper 887. Joseph F. Quinn, and Kevin Cahill, Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, “" (12/2015: PDF)

Working Paper 880. Kevin Cahill (The Analysis Group), Michael Giandrea (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), and Joseph F. Quinn, “.”

Working Paper 743. Joseph F. Quinn, "" (06/2010: PDF)

Working Paper 684. Michael Giandrea (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Kevin Cahill (The Analysis Group) and Joseph F. Quinn, "" (04/2008: 121 Kb, PDF)

Working Paper 670. Michael Giandrea (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Kevin Cahill (The Analysis Group) and Joseph F. Quinn, "" (rev. 12/2008: PDF; previously circulated as "An Update on Bridge Jobs: the HRS War Babies")

Working Paper 626. Kevin E. Cahill (Tinari Economics Group), Michael D. Giandrea (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) and Joseph F. Quinn, "" (09/2005: 372 Kb, PDF)

Working Paper 550. Gary Burtless (Brookings Institution) and Joseph F. Quinn, "" (12/2002: 134 Kb, Adobe Acrobat format)