Tag: HRS
Abstract We use two historical data sources – the Health and Retirement Study and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Study – to consider the patterns in older Americans’ severe disability and their use of long-term services and supports (LTSS) by age and socioeconomic status. We then use a dynamic microsimulation model to project how the effects…
Pattern is steady across education levels but varies dramatically by race. As I discussed earlier this year, people are often interested in studying the saving behavior of women. I have generally resisted this approach because women have traditionally lived in households where the couple makes decisions jointly. In that world, the main distinction is between…
