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

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), we estimate the impact of health on employment. Estimating the model separately by race and gender, we find that racial differences in employment…

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Enhancing the RAND HRS CAMS Public Use File

In 2001 the Health and Retirement Study launched a supplementary survey, the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS).  CAMS is a biennial survey of a random subsample of HRS participants. Its purpose is to collect detailed information on household spending.…

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Effects of COVID-19 on Job Separation and Financial Precarity

Drawing on Health and Retirement Study data collected in 2021, we will examine racial differences in the COVID-19 pandemic’s consequences on financial security. We hypothesize that, relative to their white counterparts, Black and Hispanic older workers were more likely to…

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Racial and ethnic differences in job characteristics and patterns in disability retirement and Social Security retirement wealth

Using Health and Retirement Study data together with rich job characteristic data from O*NET, we will identify variables related to work context that characterize jobs based on levels of physiological and psychological stress. We will evaluate differences by race/ethnicity, explore…

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Medical Spending Risk among the Elderly by Race and Gender

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) linked to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records, along with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we estimate the stochastic process for total and out-of-pocket medical spending by race and gender. By…

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