Alexander Kulminski (Duke) examines how genetic and life-course factors contribute to risks of morbidity, disability, and mortality in late life using multi-generational longitudinal health data and linked Medicare data.
In an experiment in the Mexican state of Yucatan, these researchers found strong evidence that income supplements have significant health benefits, even in the short run, for poor elderly. The participants, 70+ years of age, received about $67 per month in...
A recent study of the Great Migration in early to mid 20th-century American found that mortality rates increased 40 percent for black men and 50 percent for black women who fled the dangers and discrimination of the Jim Crow South in search of better lives. Coauthor...
A recent study by Christine Cigolle and colleagues finds falling is the most frequent cause of injury among older adults and that the risk of falling has risen considerably (30%) during the 1998 to 2010 study period. The study, which used HRS data, also examined fall...
Looking at challenges to the health of the elderly in China — including increasing rates of obesity, cigarette smoking, and urban pollution — James Smith, John Strauss, and Yaohui Zhao say policy changes are needed to ensure the well-being of this growing...
