Raymo, James, John R. Warren, Megan M. Sweeney, Robert M. Hauser, and JeongHwa Ho Working paper no. 2008-14 Abstract In the rapidly changing context of retirement, it is important to reevaluate theoretical and empirical linkages …
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Later-life Employment Preferences and Outcomes: The Role of Mid-life Work Experiences
Raymo, James, John R. Warren, Megan M. Sweeney, Robert Hauser, and JeongHwa Ho Working paper no. 2008-15 Abstract It is increasingly clear that older Americans will need to work longer in order to ensure their …
Intergenerational Health Selection in Wealth: A First Look at Parents’ Health Shocks and Inter Vivos Financial Transfers
Andrew, Megan, Erin Ruel, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2008-16 Abstract Researchers have explored the considerable negative effect of an individual’s or his spouse’s poor health on their wealth accumulation. Health selection may also …
Re-Examining the Age Effect on the Weight-Mortality Relationship: Age of Death, Age of Weight and Cohort Effect
Yu, Yan Working paper no. 2008-18 Abstract The majority of US adults are overweight or obese. Contemporary cohorts have been gaining weight continuously well up to the oldest ages. The negative health consequences of excess …
The Size of Health Selection Effects
Palloni, Alberto, Robert G. White, and Carolina Milesi Working paper no. 2009-01 Abstract The association between adult socioeconomic status and health status has been alternately attributed to the material effects of economic status, ties between …
Roadblocks for Sustained Improvements in Life Expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Palloni, Alberto, Kenya Noronha, and Mary McEniry Working paper no. 2009-02 Abstract Future life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean could be compromised. Older people attaining age 60 after the years 1990-2000 are scarred …
Infant Mortality during the 1920s-1940s in Puerto Rico and the Health of Older Puerto Rican Adults
McEniry, Mary Working paper no. 2009-03 Abstract Infant mortality at birth may help illuminate the usefulness of season of birth as an indicator of early life exposures. We obtained data for infant mortality rates (IMR) …
Mortality Decline in the Twentieth Century, Early Life Conditions and the Health of Aging Populations in the Developing World
McEniry, Mary Working paper no. 2009-04 Abstract The dramatic mortality decline of the 1930s-1960s may shed light on the importance of early life conditions for older adult health in the developing world. We collected historical …
The Size of Health Selection Effects
Palloni, Alberto, Robert G. White, and Carolina Milesi Working paper no. 2009-10 Abstract The association between adult socioeconomic status and health status has been alternately attributed to the material effects of economic status, ties between …
Early Life Conditions and Health Disparities among Aging Populations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia
McEniry, Mary Working paper no. 2010-01 Abstract The dramatic mortality decline of the 1930s-1960s in developing countries may have created a larger pool of adult survivors of poor childhood conditions. If hypotheses regarding the importance …