Congratulations to our affiliates—Naoki Aizawa, Katie Jajtner, Corina Mommaerts, Stephanie Robert, Tim Smeeding, and Yang Wang—who received funding from the Center for Financial Security for projects that address the financial well-being of economically vulnerable populations. The Effect of Public Policies on Work Disability Researchers: Katie Jajtner and Yang Wang The study estimates the impact of …
The annual Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences (IGSS) conference showcases behavioral and molecular genetic studies that enhance demographic and social scientific inquiry and integrate genetics and the social sciences. The conference is co-organized by Jason Fletcher, CDHA director, and Jason Boardman, director of the Health & Society Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, …
Four P30 centers—CDHA and the Center for Aging and Policy Studies; Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease; and the Center on Aging and Population Sciences—will host two methodology workshops with Scott Cunningham in 2022. A one-day workshop on difference-in-differences will be held Friday, February 11, 2022 from 10 am-6 pm ET …
In their recent article in SSM – Population Health, CDHA external affiliate Pamela Herd (Georgetown) and Kamil Sicinski (UW–Madison) note that with an aging population and increasing prevalence of dementia, unpacking the relationship between educational attainment and later life cognitive functioning is increasingly important. Yet, the authors note, this relationship is not well understood. “Using …