Palloni, Alberto, Sebastian Daza, Elizabeth Arias, and Ezekiel J. EmanuelWorking paper no. 2016-02 Abstract We test the conjecture that intergenerational social mobility is tightly linked to adult mortality even after accounting for income levels, income inequality, and indicators of social capital, health behaviors and levels of access to health services. We use a large dataset from …
Engelman, Michal, and Heide JacksonWorking paper no. 2017-01 Abstract This paper examines the curious mismatch between the supposition of gradual, continuous change embedded in common health trajectory models and a pattern of punctuated stability that is captured in the nationally-representative and widely-used Health and Retirement Study. Inspired by an insight from evolutionary biology, our analysis contrasts …
McEniry, Mary, Carmen Elisa Florez, Renata Pardo, Rafael Samper-Ternent, and Carlos Cano GutierrezWorking paper no. 2017-07 Abstract Examining multigenerational effects on health in Latin American populations from grandparents to subsequent generations is a fruitful area for research. Many Latin American populations have experienced rapid demographic and nutritional changes across generations with possible consequences for older …
McEniry, Mary, Rafael Samper-Ternent, and Carlos Cano GuitierrezWorking paper no. 2018-03 Abstract Large displacement of populations in developing economies due to internal armed conflict and violence is of international concern but there has been relatively little research on the long-term consequences of displacement on older adult health, in particular displacement during childhood. We examine displacement …