The publications below were produced through research projects in the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
Investigates how households locate contributions across tax deferred savings accounts that are nominally held in one spouse's name and how these decisions may impact accumulated assets.
Uses Health and Retirement Study survey data matched to Social Security administrative data to study how households integrate Social Security benefits into their general retirement income plans.
In the present paper we modified the age-specific prevalence rates according to two scenarios.
Overall, the origin of the higher prevalence of health conditions in the United States results from a higher incidence of diseases and prevalence earlier in the life course.
To elicit patient-centered goals for dementia care, this qualitative study relies on focus groups of people with early-stage dementia and dementia caregivers.
Entrepreneurship among older adults is on the rise, especially in households with greater access to income from interest, dividends, and capital gains.
Researchers found little difference in the quality of nursing home care provided to Medicare enrollees in managed care and those enrolled in traditional fee-for-service nursing homes.
Following California's 2012 bill to enact major reforms to the state workers' compensation system, RAND researchers assess trends in earnings loss and permanent partial disability benefits between 2005 and 2012, including analysis of the Great Recession's impact on outcomes for injured workers, and examine how the reforms might affect injury compensation going forward.
This evidence review found that palliative care improves outcomes for cancer, dementia, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity.
Investigates the prevalence and patterns of risk behaviors as well as of mental health, perceptions of the risks of such behaviors, and the factors increasing vulnerability to as well as protection from engagement in them.
Study of health effects of financial inclusion, particularly ownership of a bank account of older minorities, with focus on Hispanics.
This article reviews a non-contributory pension program introduced in Mexico in 2007 that has since expanded greatly.
The purpose of this article is to review contemporary theoretical and conceptual perspectives on aging well and describe indicators of aging well that reflect key concepts and perspectives as assessed in the Women's Health Initiative.
The objective of this study is to determine associations between specific state DOH activities and NH IC citation rates.
This paper studies relationships between social networks, health and subjective well-being (SWB) using nationally representative data of the Chinese Population--the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS).
Compares the impacts of India's command-and-control environmental regulations with the impact of changes in coal prices on establishment-level pollution abatement, coal consumption, and productivity growth.
This paper studies the effects of healthcare information technology on ambulatory care quality, which is measured using the rate of hospital admissions for conditions identified as sensitive to ambulatory care quality.
Using data from the Financial Crisis Surveys collected in the American Life Panel, this study estimates the causal effect of work transitions, in particular unemployment and reemployment, on subjective well-being between November 2009 and April 2013 in the US.
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, this paper examines how employers' automatic enrollment policies influence longer-run participation and contribution status among older Americans.
This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of two nutrition interventions on food, beverage, and supplement intake and body weight.
Explores the participation and distribution decisions of those who separate from their employers.
This study looks at the prevalence and predicators in informal care for cognitive impairment or probable dementia in the U.S.
Using data from the RAND American Life Panel, this paper quantifies the frequency that employers violate the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime rules.
Using Medicare data, we examined the impact of the short-stay policy on lengths-of-stay and Medicare reimbursement among patients in long-term care hospitals who require prolonged mechanical ventilation.
Investigates how households locate contributions across tax deferred savings accounts that are nominally held in one spouse's name and how these decisions may impact accumulated assets.
Uses Health and Retirement Study survey data matched to Social Security administrative data to study how households integrate Social Security benefits into their general retirement income plans.
In the present paper we modified the age-specific prevalence rates according to two scenarios.
Overall, the origin of the higher prevalence of health conditions in the United States results from a higher incidence of diseases and prevalence earlier in the life course.
Entrepreneurship among older adults is on the rise, especially in households with greater access to income from interest, dividends, and capital gains.
Researchers found little difference in the quality of nursing home care provided to Medicare enrollees in managed care and those enrolled in traditional fee-for-service nursing homes.
Following California's 2012 bill to enact major reforms to the state workers' compensation system, RAND researchers assess trends in earnings loss and permanent partial disability benefits between 2005 and 2012, including analysis of the Great Recession's impact on outcomes for injured workers, and examine how the reforms might affect injury compensation going forward.
This evidence review found that palliative care improves outcomes for cancer, dementia, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity.
Investigates the prevalence and patterns of risk behaviors as well as of mental health, perceptions of the risks of such behaviors, and the factors increasing vulnerability to as well as protection from engagement in them.
Study of health effects of financial inclusion, particularly ownership of a bank account of older minorities, with focus on Hispanics.
This article reviews a non-contributory pension program introduced in Mexico in 2007 that has since expanded greatly.
The purpose of this article is to review contemporary theoretical and conceptual perspectives on aging well and describe indicators of aging well that reflect key concepts and perspectives as assessed in the Women's Health Initiative.
The objective of this study is to determine associations between specific state DOH activities and NH IC citation rates.
This paper studies relationships between social networks, health and subjective well-being (SWB) using nationally representative data of the Chinese Population--the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS).
Compares the impacts of India's command-and-control environmental regulations with the impact of changes in coal prices on establishment-level pollution abatement, coal consumption, and productivity growth.
This paper studies the effects of healthcare information technology on ambulatory care quality, which is measured using the rate of hospital admissions for conditions identified as sensitive to ambulatory care quality.
Using data from the Financial Crisis Surveys collected in the American Life Panel, this study estimates the causal effect of work transitions, in particular unemployment and reemployment, on subjective well-being between November 2009 and April 2013 in the US.
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, this paper examines how employers' automatic enrollment policies influence longer-run participation and contribution status among older Americans.
This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of two nutrition interventions on food, beverage, and supplement intake and body weight.
Explores the participation and distribution decisions of those who separate from their employers.
This study looks at the prevalence and predicators in informal care for cognitive impairment or probable dementia in the U.S.
Using data from the RAND American Life Panel, this paper quantifies the frequency that employers violate the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime rules.
Using Medicare data, we examined the impact of the short-stay policy on lengths-of-stay and Medicare reimbursement among patients in long-term care hospitals who require prolonged mechanical ventilation.
