Health Processes and Aging
Research in this area includes: 1) determinants of infant, child, and youth health; 2) health and aging; and 3) impact of health care systems and social programs.
Long-Term Impact of Child SSI Enrollment
Using adminstrative data from the Social Security Administration, Mark Duggan is linking children's SSI applications with their earnings and mortality as adults.
The Impact of the Rise in SSI Enrollment Among Children
Mark Duggan and Melissa Kearney’s research was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in the fall of 2007 and received the Vernon Prize as the best paper to appear in that journal in 2007.
Status Inequality, Stress, and Health Among Older People
Dr. Len Pearlin is working to wrap up a five-year grant on health issues for aging Americans.