Linda G. Martin
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Education
Overview
Biography
Linda Martin is a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation. For 30 years, Martin has conducted research on population aging in the United States and Asia. Her work has ranged from the labor force consequences of aging to the living arrangements of older people and, most recently, to trends in their health. She has served as a scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Medicine, president of the Population Council, vice president of the RAND Corporation, director of the National Research Council's Committee on Population, and research associate at the East–West Center in Honolulu. Martin received her A.B. in mathematics from Harvard University and her M.P.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.
Research Focus
Previous Positions
President, Population Council; Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; Vice President, Office of Research Development, and Vice President, Domestic Research Division, RAND CorporationRecent Projects
- Disparities in and explanations for late-life health trends in the United States
- Aging and health in Asia
Selected Publications
Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, Daniel S. Nagin, and Bobby L. Jones, "Modeling disability trajectories and mortality of the oldest old in China," Demography, 49(1):291-314, 2012
Linda G. Martin, Robert F. Schoeni, Patricia M. Andreski, and Carol Jagger, "Trends and inequalities in late-life health and functioning in England," Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66:874-880, 2012
Linda G. Martin, Zachary Zimmer, and Baai-Shyun Hurng, "Trends in late-life disability in Taiwan: The roles of education, environment, and technology," Population Studies, 65(3):289-304, 2011
Linda G. Martin, Vicki A. Freedman, Patricia M. Andreski, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Recent trends in disability and related chronic conditions among people ages 50 to 64," Health Affairs, 29(4):725-731, 2010
Linda G. Martin, Robert F. Schoeni, and Patricia M. Andreski, "Trends in health of older adults in the United States: Past, present, future," Demography, 47:S17-S40, 2010
Linda G. Martin, "Demography of aging: Interventions to improve late life," Population and Development Review, 35(2):331-340, 2009
Linda G. Martin, Vicki A. Freedman, Robert F. Schoeni, and Patricia M. Andreski, "Health and functioning of the Baby Boom approaching 60," Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 64(3):369-377, 2009
Robert F. Schoeni, Vicki A. Freedman, and Linda G. Martin, "Why is late-life disability declining?" Milbank Quarterly, 86(1):47-87, 2008
Honors & Awards
- Doctor of Public Policy (honorary), Pardee RAND Graduate School
- Doctor of Human Letters (honorary), Marlboro College
- Fellow (elected), American Association for the Advancement of Science
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