to ADRD in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We replicate existing relationships between genetic factors and … cognitive health. We also show that higher genetic risk is associated with worse economic outcomes on several dimensions …

after 1960 are no longer eligible for "occupational DI." Occupational DI (ODI) implies benefit eligibility when health … lifecycle work disability risk, (2) strong and positive income and health gradients in private ODI take-up, and (3) inversely … related income and health gradients in the lifecycle work disability risk. Simulations illustrate that policy reforms to lower …

find that Medicaid expansion reduced the probability that disabled respondents had employer-sponsored health insurance by …

estimate an employment elasticity with respect to the return to work of 0.44 for ages 51-54. We estimate a lifecycle model that … matches these results. The model implies that the change in the contribution-benefit link from the reform increases employment …

We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States …

counties. Nonetheless, there are no consistent effects of obstetric unit closure on maternal and infant health in the full … is a more consistent pattern of negative effects of closure on infant health. Importantly, the adoption of scope … implications for narrowing racial/ethnic disparities in health in response to obstetric unit closures …

The effects of minimum wages on employment, wages, earnings, and incomes, have been studied and debated for decades. In … related to health. I review and assess the large and growing body of evidence on minimum wage effects on a wide variety of … health outcomes and health-related behaviors …