Dora L. Costa
36 works on record
Works

Heroes and cowards
2008

Health and Labor Force Participation over the Life Cycle
2003

The evolution of retirement
1998

Understanding long-run economic growth
Health, stress, and social networks
2008
Surviving Andersonville
2005
Shame and ostracism
2004
Race and older age mortality
2004
Forging a new identity
2004
Becoming oldest-old
2003
Race and pregnancy outcomes in the twentieth century
2003
The measure of man and older age mortality
2002
Changes in the value of life, 1940-1980
2002
Understanding the decline in social capital, 1952-1998
2001
Cowards and heroes
2001
Understanding mid-life and older age mortality declines
2000
American living standards, 1888-1994
2000
Long-term declines in disability among older men
2000
From mill town to board room
2000
American living standards
1999
Power couples
1999
The wage and the length of the work day
1998
The unequal work day
1998
Understanding the Twentieth century decline in chronic conditions among older men
1998
Hours of work and the Fair Labor Standards Act
1998
A house of her own
1997
Unequal at birth
1997
Less of a luxury
1997
Displacing the family
1996
The political economy of state provided health insurance in the progressive era
1995
Health and labor force participation of older men, 1900-1991
1994
Health, income, and retirement
1993
Scarring and mortality selection among Civil War POWS
Why has california's residential electricity consumption been so flat since the 1980s?
Electricity consumption and durable housing
Evolution of Retirement