Health and Retirement Study

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

• September 13, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Retirement

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…

Insurance Purchases of Older Americans

• July 7, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Health reform, Medicaid, Medicare

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…

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

• July 7, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Disability insurance, Health and Retirement Study, Supplemental Security Income

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),…

Job Demands and Social Security Disability Insurance Applications

• July 7, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Disability insurance, Health and Retirement Study

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…

RAND HRS Poverty Measures for HRS 1994

• April 9, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Disparities, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, poverty

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…

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

• February 28, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Behavioral economics, COVID-19, Family dynamics, Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study

The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Employment of Older Workers: Impacts by Gender, Country, and Race

• February 28, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Disparities, Health, Health and Retirement Study, International

Explanations for the Decline in Spending at Older Ages

• February 24, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Consumption and Activities Mail Survey, Health and Retirement Study, retirement savings

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

• February 24, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Health and Retirement Study, Labor force participation, O*NET

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…

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

• February 15, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Behavioral economics, COVID-19, Family dynamics, Financial well-being, 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.