Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Employment Disruption and Financial Precarity

Existing studies find that COVID-19 disproportionately affected the employment and financial security of minoritized workers. However, few studies have examined the employment and financial impact of COVID-19 among different groups of older workers. Furthermore, there is limited information on how…

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Insurance Purchases of Older Americans

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) matched to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records, and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we estimate the determinants of Medigap insurance purchases of older Americans. Our data and framework allow us…

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Using Administrative Data to Validate HRS Survey Responses on Application for DI and SSI Disability Benefits

In this paper, we use administrative data from the Social Security Administration to validate survey responses for the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding the application for disability benefits from Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI),…

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Job Demands and Social Security Disability Insurance Applications

We use data from the Health and Retirement Study to identify the effect of job demands on applications for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits and to assess whether these job demands have been changing among older…

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RAND HRS Poverty Measures for HRS 1994

The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is the primary data set in the U.S. for the study of the well-being of the older population. A common indicator of material hardship used in research and in the administration of various government…

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Creating a Public Resource: O*NET Job Characteristics Data Set for Use with the Health and Retirement Study and Other Surveys

This project completed the documentation report of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data set linking 2019 O*NET measures to the 2010 Census occupation code frame; linked 2019 O*NET-Census 2010 data set to HRS occupations from 2010 forward; wrote a…

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Assessing the First Economic Impact Payment in the Older Population Using the Health and Retirement Study

We use data collected by the Health and Retirement Study in its 2020 wave to study awareness and impact of the Economic Impact Payment stimulus on different groups of older Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

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