Janet M. Wilmoth
Senior Research Associate
Syracuse University
Janet Wilmoth is a Professor of Sociology and Senior Research Associate in the Center for Policy Research at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She is also the Director of the Syracuse University Gerontology Center. Her research uses nationally representative data and longitudinal data analysis techniques to examine later life living arrangements, financial security, and health status. Prior to joining Syracuse in 2002, she was an Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Gerontology Program at Purdue University.
Professor Wilmoth received a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography, with a minor in Gerontology, from the Pennsylvania State University.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Ongoing
"Social Security Income, Housing Consumption, and Housing Adjustment" (with Douglas Wolf)
Selected Publications
Wilmoth, J. Forthcoming. “Aging Policy and Structural Lag” in R. Hudson (Ed.) The New Politics of Old Age Policy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth. 2006. “Military Service and (Dis)Continuity in the Life Course: Evidence on Disadvantage and Mortality from the HRS and AHEAD.” Research on Aging. 28(1):135-159.
Pei-Chun Chen and Janet Wilmoth. 2004. “The Effects of Residential Mobility on ADL and IADL Limitations among the Very Old Living in the Community.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 59:S164-S172.