2013-05-07T11:10:39Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/h/hurd_michael_d.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070043.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors estimate the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias in the USA using a nationally representative sample.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR626.html 2008-11-24T17:14:00Z 2008-11-24T17:14:00Z

Examines the scope of cross-country variation in institutions related to social insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR646.html 2008-12-17T09:05:00Z 2008-12-17T09:05:00Z

Examines issues that arise designing a survey module to collect spending data with strict time constraints.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR563.html 2008-04-24T12:00:00Z 2008-04-24T12:00:00Z

Examines panel data on total spending, nondurable spending, and food spending to explain patterns of decline in consumption for U.S. and British households after their members retire.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR810.html 2010-11-23T09:59:00Z 2010-11-23T09:59:00Z

Presents evidence from high-frequency data collections dedicated to tracking the effects of the financial crisis and great recession on American households.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080319.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Analyzes experimental survey data, with a random split into respondents who get an open-ended question and those immediately directed to unfolding brackets. Once yea-saying is taken into account, no evidence of anchoring at the entry point is found.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080328.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presents data to support implementation of Functional Family Therapy, an evidence-based family prevention and intervention program for adolescents with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder, in family and child mental health services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090014.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using data for 1996 to 2004 from the United States Health and Retirement Study, this article examines the differences between parents and childless older people in financial transfers to people other than their children.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050915.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recent innovations in biomedicine seem poised to revolutionize medical practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030001.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the rate of institutionalization among the elderly has been falling.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR872.html 2011-09-27T14:00:00Z 2011-09-27T14:00:00Z

Defines and estimates measures of economic preparation for retirement based on an inventory of economic resources while taking into account the risk of living to advanced old age and the risk of high out-of-pocket spending for health care services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR524-1.html 2011-10-11T11:59:00Z 2011-10-11T11:59:00Z

Describes financial transfers made by parents to children and their correlation with donor characteristics such as age, and looks at how transfers reflect changes in marital status, economic status, and health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR463.html 2007-03-21T19:47:00Z 2007-03-21T19:47:00Z

Presents data from the Health and Retirement Study, representative of the U.S. population age 51 and over, on time-use: paid work, housework, leisure, personal care, sleep, exercise, managing finances, time at computer, socializing, and volunteering.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR342.html 2006-02-06T14:53:00Z 2006-02-06T14:53:00Z

Examines models of economic behavior to explain patterns of decline in consumption for U.S. and British households after their members retire.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR524.html 2007-10-07T08:27:00Z 2007-10-07T08:27:00Z

Describes financial transfers made by parents to children and their correlation with donor characteristics such as age, and looks at how transfers reflect changes in marital status, economic status, and health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR146.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

In this paper, several models for anchoring and acquiescence are estimated using experimental data on household consumption from the AHEAD 1995 survey.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR410.html 2007-01-11T17:08:00Z 2007-01-11T17:08:00Z

Finds that the poverty rate based on consumption is lower than the income-based poverty rate, particularly for older single persons such as widows. The explanation for the difference is the ability to consume out of wealth.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR242.html 2005-04-04T08:46:00Z 2005-04-04T08:46:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR195.html 2004-11-23T15:49:00Z 2004-11-23T15:49:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR147.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

In this paper, some existing models for anchoring are considered and their implications are analyzed for differences between the true distribution of the variable of interest and the distribution obtained if anchoring according to a given model is present.