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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Health and Retirement Survey"”.
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The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Functional Limitations and Self-Reported Health in Old Age
Elderly Black and Hispanic adults have poorer overall health, higher disability rates, and lower life expectancies than elderly Whites and other racial and ethnic minority group members. There are also sex differences in health, with women more likely to suffer from non-life threatening chronic …
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Medicaid and the Life Course: An Intersectional Mixed-Methods Approach
<p>Health insurance coverage is associated with better access to health care and better health outcomes at every age. The United States does not provide universal health insurance, and most people pay for private insurance that is linked to their job. Individuals whose jobs do not provide insurance …
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Social Support, Depression, and Cardiovascular Disease in Married, Middle-Aged/Older Adults
… study examined the relationship between physical health, social support, and depression in a married, middle-aged/older adult sample in which at least one partner has heart disease. The data was obtained from a national longitudinal study the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) and is composed of …
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Essays on The Economics of Aging
<p>The increase in life expectancy in the US and the changing labor supply of older workers have raised issues about the fiscal solvency of health care and pension systems, as well as labor market stability and employment opportunities for younger workers. In light of these facts, this dissertation …
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Essays on Labour Supply, Retirement, and Consumption
… the individual level behaviour of labour supply, retirement, and consumption in different contexts. The first chapter studies the importance of intrafamily supports in elderly people's work and retirement choice. I build a dynamic programming model with extended families consisted of elderly …
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Three Essays on Public Economics and Policy
… of these programs on individual well-being and whether these programs lead to behavior distortions. The dissertation consists of three essays that focus on different policy contexts and different populations.</p> <p>In the first essay, I examine the effects of an active labor market program …
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Three essays on consumer finance
… this thesis focuses on the regulation and design of markets for financial contracts, and their impact on household financial health. The first chapter studies the role of consumer protection law in the function of mortgage markets in the United States. Consumer protection laws are …