The publications below were produced through research projects in the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
Summarizes and compares measures of subjective economic and health expectations in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of chronic diseases and medical conditions in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of household and individual wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of cognitive health and decline in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of employment and retirement status in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of household and individual income in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Summarizes and compares measures of financial transfers in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
Investigates the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status and health of older individuals in Europe.
This codebook covers the second wave of L.A.FANS. Fieldwork for the second wave took place between August 2006 and December 2008.
Telephone questionnaires that were used during Wave 2 of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey conducted between August 2006 and December 2008.
Examines the extent to which older and younger people do different activities when they are with others and when they are alone.
Using a unique dataset collected among farmers in India's semi-arid tropics, this paper documents the surprising prevalence of risk-taking behavior in the face of high-stakes gambles.
Tests the theory that industrial employment is more sensitive to shocks in areas where labor regulations are less restrictive.
Combines novel data and methodology to shed light on the contribution to dowry of a composite characteristic that refer to a child quality.
Within-survey multiple imputation (MI) methods are adapted to pooled-survey regression estimation where one survey has a larger set of regressors but fewer observations than the other.
Explores the effects on child obesity transmitted through cumulative months of non-parental childcare over the child's pre-school years.
Using data pooled from 15 waves of the Women's Marriage, Fertility, and Employment Survey, documents trends and educational differentials in marriage formation among Taiwanese women born between 1910 and 1979.
Examines cognitive function of older Indians, using cross-sectional data from the 2010 pilot round of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, fielded across Punjab and Rajasthan in the north and Kerala and Karnataka in the south.
Using the pilot study of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, examines the socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors for poor cardiovascular health among middle-aged and older Indians, focusing on self-reported and directly measured hypertension.
Investigates the impact of small and moderate disasters on childhood morbidity, physical growth, and immunizations by combining household data from the Indian National Family and Health Survey with an international database of natural disasters.
Randomized field study in Kenya in which households received free point-of-use products to test the importance of informational and behavioral constraints on usage.
Proposes measures of successful home visiting program implementation and identifies factors that promote successful implementation or serve as barriers to program initiation based on lessons learned from the replication of the First Born® Program.
Provides an overview of the growing literature that uses micro-level data from multiple countries to investigate health outcomes, and their link to socioeconomic factors, at older ages.
Examines the correlations of health across generations using the Indonesia Family Life Survey.
Using a structured methodology and detailed data on terrorism, disasters, and other relevant controls for 167 countries between 1970 and 2007, examines the impact of natural disasters on terrorism.
