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 between individual life histories and patterns of work in later-life. In this study, we use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal …
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 own economic well-being and to reduce projected strains on public transfer programs. It is thus important to understand who does …
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 operate across generations, affecting the wealth of children whose parents suffer from poor health. We develop an intergenerational model of …
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 body weight have been well-documented. An intriguing question is whether these consequences decline over the life course, and excess body …
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 labor productivity and health and cumulative effects of early life socioeconomic status. This paper considers the lasting effects of early …
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 by experiences that could translate into higher susceptibility to chronic conditions and higher mortality. Once dismissed as unthinkable, increases in …
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) at the county (municipio) level during the late 1920s-early 1940s in Puerto Rico using historical records and linked IMR with …
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 data on life expectancy, infant mortality, GDP per capita, age-specific mortality rates and population growth rates for 19 countries which …
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 labor productivity and health and cumulative effects of early life socioeconomic status. This paper considers the lasting effects of early …
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 of early life exposures on adult health have merit, we would expect to observe that the health of older adults …