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Working Papers

2020

1. Disparities in Vulnerability to Severe Complications from COVID-19 in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2019

2. Recent Trends in Disability and the Implications for Use of Disability Insurance
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2015

3. Liquidity Constraints, the Extended Family, and Consumption
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
4. Understanding Participation in SSI
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2007

5. The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (25)
   See also Journal Article The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (69) (2011)

2006

6. Studying consumption with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: comparisons with the Consumer Expenditure Survey and an application to the intergenerational transmission of well-being
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (6)

2003

7. Medicare Gaps and Widow Poverty
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (2)
8. The Economic Status of Elderly Divorced Women
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (4)

2002

9. Health Status of Older Immigrants in the United States
   Working Papers, RAND Corporation
10. Welfare Work Requirements and Individual Well-being Evidence from the Effects on Breastfeeding
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (2)

2001

11. Disability from Injuries at Work The Effects on Earnings and Employment
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (12)
12. Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Economy in the 1990s
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation

2000

13. Does Unemployment Insurance Displace Family Assistance?
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program
14. Persistent, Consistent, and Widespread?: Another Look at Recent Trends in Old-Age Disability
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (1)
15. Support Networks within the Family As a Public Good Problem
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (5)
16. What Has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (90)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (150)

1998

17. Social Security, Economic Growth, and the Rise in Independence of Elderly Widows in the 20th Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

1997

18. Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers in the 1990s
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (4)
19. Health Care Prices, Health and Labor Outcomes: Experimental Evidence
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (32)
20. Reassessing the Decline in Parent-Child Old-Age Coresidence During the 20th Century
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (2)

1996

21. Does Aid to Families with Dependent Children Displace Familial Assistance?
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (11)
22. Effects on Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1993) View citations (228) (1993)
23. Income Prospects and Age-at-Marriage
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations (35)
    Also in Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory (1992) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Income Prospects and Age-at-Marriage, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (1996) View citations (36) (1996)
24. Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series
    See also Journal Article Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (1995) View citations (43) (1995)
25. Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources Within the Family
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations (55)
26. Parental Investments in Schooling: The Roles of Gender and Resources in Urban Brazil
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (11)
27. Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in the 1990s
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (9)

1995

28. Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil
    Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program (1993) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1994) View citations (42) (1994)
29. Transfer Behavior With the Family: Results from the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (39)

1994

30. Transfer Behavior: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

1993

31. Private Interhousehold Transfers of Money and Time: New Empirical Evidence
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article PRIVATE INTERHOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS OF MONEY AND TIME: NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (1997) View citations (55) (1997)

1992

32. Female Earnings and the Level and Distribution of Household Income in Developed Countries
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (4)

1990

33. The Earnings Effects of Marital Status: An International Comparison
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Care Received and Unmet Care Needs Among Older Parents in Biological and Step Families
   (Likelihood that expectations of informal care will be met at onset of caregiving need: A retrospective study of older adults in the USA)
   The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022, 77, (Supplement_1), S51-S62
2. Close enough? Adult child-to-parent caregiving and residential proximity
   Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 292, (C) View citations (5)
3. Differential Trends in Disability Among Rich and Poor Adults in the United States and England From 2002 to 2016
   The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022, 77, (Supplement_2), S189-S198

2021

4. National estimates of kinship size and composition among adults with activity limitations in the United States
   Demographic Research, 2021, 45, (36), 1097-1114 View citations (1)
5. Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
   Demographic Research, 2021, 45, (23), 769-806 View citations (2)

2019

6. Stepfamily Structure and Transfers Between Generations in U.S. Families
   Demography, 2019, 56, (1), 229-260 View citations (5)

2018

7. Introduction to a Supplement on Population Level Trends in Dementia: Causes, Disparities, and Projections
   The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2018, 73, (suppl_1), S1-S9
8. Trends in the Prevalence and Disparity in Cognitive Limitations of Americans 55–69 Years Old
   The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2018, 73, (suppl_1), S29-S37 View citations (2)

2016

9. Are Functional and Activity Limitations Becoming More Prevalent among 55 to 69-Year-Olds in the United States?
   PLOS ONE, 2016, 11, (10), 1-14 View citations (3)
10. Consumption and the extended family
    Economics Letters, 2016, 140, (C), 34-38 View citations (5)
11. Measuring wealth and wealth inequality: Comparing two U.S. surveys
    Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2016, (2), 103-120 View citations (36)

2015

12. Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States
    Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, (1-4), 1-26 View citations (4)
13. Older Adults’ Residential Proximity to Their Children: Changes After Cardiovascular Events
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2015, 70, (6), 995-1004 View citations (4)
14. Psychological and cognitive determinants of mortality: Evidence from a nationally representative sample followed over thirty-five years
    Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 144, (C), 69-78 View citations (1)
15. Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2015, 70, (3), 462-469 View citations (6)
16. The implications of selective attrition for estimates of intergenerational elasticity of family income
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2015, 13, (3), 351-372 View citations (11)

2014

17. Estimates of Annual Consumption Expenditures and Its Major Components in the PSID in Comparison to the CE
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 132-35 View citations (52)
18. The Intergenerational Correlation of Consumption Expenditures
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 136-40 View citations (21)
19. Trends in Functional and Activity Limitations among Chinese Oldest-Old, 1998 to 2008
    Population and Development Review, 2014, 40, (3), 475-495 View citations (1)

2013

20. Response Rates in National Panel Surveys
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2013, 645, (1), 60-87 View citations (15)
21. The Effects of a Between-Wave Incentive Experiment on Contact Update and Production Outcomes in a Panel Study
    Journal of Official Statistics, 2013, 29, (2), 261-276
22. Trends in Late-Life Activity Limitations in the United States: An Update From Five National Surveys
    Demography, 2013, 50, (2), 661-671 View citations (33)
23. Wealth Disparities Before and After the Great Recession
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2013, 650, (1), 98-123 View citations (13)

2012

24. Health disparities in mid-to-late life: The role of earlier life family and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions
    Social Science & Medicine, 2012, 74, (4), 625-636 View citations (6)

2011

25. Early-life origins of adult disease: National longitudinal population-based study of the United States
    American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (12), 2317-2324 View citations (19)
26. Socioeconomic Status and Health Over the Life Course and Across Generations: Introduction to a Special Issue and Overview of a Unique Data Resource
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (3), 10
27. The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (3), 57 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (25) (2007)

2010

28. A Cohort Analysis of Wealth-Age Profiles: Lessons from Psid
    Korean Economic Review, 2010, 26, 59-78
29. Key themes in research on the demography of aging
    Demography, 2010, 47, (1), S5-S15 View citations (11)
30. Trends in health of older adults in the United States: Past, present, future
    Demography, 2010, 47, (1), S17-S40 View citations (21)

2009

31. Health and Functioning Among Baby Boomers Approaching 60
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2009, 64B, (3), 369-377 View citations (6)

2008

32. Declines in late-life disability: The role of early- and mid-life factors
    Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (7), 1588-1602 View citations (19)
33. Neighborhoods and disability in later life
    Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (11), 2253-2267 View citations (20)

2007

34. Chronic conditions and the decline in late-life disability
    Demography, 2007, 44, (3), 459-477 View citations (11)
35. Feeling Better? Trends in General Health Status
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2007, 62, (1), S11-S21 View citations (14)

2005

36. Persistent and growing socioeconomic disparities in disability among the elderly: 1982-2002
    American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95, (11), 2065-2070 View citations (18)
37. Widow(er) Poverty and Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures Near the End of Life
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2005, 60, (3), S160-S168 View citations (8)

2004

38. Immigrants, welfare reform, and the economy
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004, 23, (4), 745-764 View citations (12)
39. Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group
    Demography, 2004, 41, (3), 417-441 View citations (45)

2003

40. Changes in the Distribution of Children's Family Income over the 1990's
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 304-308 View citations (17)
41. Is nursing home demand affected by the decline in age difference between spouses?
    Demographic Research, 2003, 8, (10), 279-304 View citations (6)
42. Welfare work requirements and child well-being: Evidence from the effects on breast-feeding
    Demography, 2003, 40, (3), 479-497 View citations (24)

2002

43. Does Unemployment Insurance Displace Familial Assistance?
    Public Choice, 2002, 110, (1-2), 99-119 View citations (40)

2001

44. Persistent, Consistent, Widespread, and Robust? Another Look at Recent Trends in Old-Age Disability
    The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2001, 56, (4), S206-S218 View citations (16)

2000

45. Social security, economic growth, and the rise in elderly widows’ independence in the twentieth century
    Demography, 2000, 37, (2), 221-236 View citations (61)

1999

46. Wives’ Earnings and the Level of Distribution of Married Couples’ Earnings in Developed Countries
    Journal of Income Distribution, 1999, 08, (1), 2-2 View citations (2)

1998

47. ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE HOMELESS: EVIDENCE FROM LOS ANGELES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1998, 16, (3), 295-308 View citations (6)
48. Labor Market Assimilation of Immigrant Women
    ILR Review, 1998, 51, (3), 483-504 View citations (17)
49. Reassessing the decline in parent-child old-age coresidence during the twentieth century
    Demography, 1998, 35, (3), 307-313 View citations (3)
50. SPECIAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO DEFENSE‐DEPENDENT INDUSTRY WORKERS: THE CASE OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1998, 16, (3), 251-264

1997

51. New Evidence on the Economic Progress of Foreign-Born Men in the 1970s and 1980s
    Journal of Human Resources, 1997, 32, (4), 683-740 View citations (54)
52. PRIVATE INTERHOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS OF MONEY AND TIME: NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, 43, (4), 423-448 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Private Interhousehold Transfers of Money and Time: New Empirical Evidence, Working Papers (1993) View citations (6) (1993)

1996

53. Income Prospects and Age-at-Marriage
    Journal of Population Economics, 1996, 9, (2), 115-30 View citations (36)
    Also in Journal of Population Economics, 1996, 9, (2), 115-130 (1996) View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Income Prospects and Age-at-Marriage, Working Papers (1996) View citations (35) (1996)

1995

54. Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries
    Journal of Population Economics, 1995, 8, (4), 351-59 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries, Working Papers (1996) (1996)

1994

55. Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil
    Journal of Human Resources, 1994, 29, (4) View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil, Working Papers (1995) View citations (15) (1995)

1993

56. Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (4), 710-40 View citations (228)
    See also Working Paper Effects on Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil, Working Papers (1996) View citations (3) (1996)

Chapters

2009

1. Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparties in Trends in Old-Age Disability
   A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 75-102 View citations (2)
2. Trends in Assistance with Daily Activities: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist in the US Older Population
   A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 411-438