Ph.D. in economics, M.P.A. in public affairs, Princeton University; A.B. in mathematics, Harvard University
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More ExpertsLinda Martin is a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation. For 35 years, she 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. Martin 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.
HwaJung Choi, Robert F. Schoeni, and Linda G. Martin, "Are functional and activity limitations becoming more prevalent among 55 to 69-year-olds in the United States?" PLoSOne, 11(10), 2016
Linda G. Martin, Zachary Zimmer, and Jinkook Lee, "Foundations of activity of daily living trajectories of older Americans," Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2015
Linda G. Martin and Robert F. Schoeni, "Trends in disability and related chronic conditions among the forty-and-over population: 1997-2010," Disability and Health Journal, 7:S4-S14, 2014
Linda G. Martin, Qiushi Feng, Yi Zeng, and Robert F. Schoeni, "Trends in functional and activity limitations among Chinese oldest-old, 1998 to 2008," Population and Development Review, 40(3):475-495, 2014
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
