Harvard Pop Center faculty member David Bloom, PhD, and associate director David Canning, PhD, have co-authored a paper published in the journal Dædalus that suggest we need to change the current institutional and social arrangements in response to aging populations and shifting demographics.
Early exposure to Medicaid may promote intergenerational mobility & economic opportunity
Rourke O’Brien, PhD, a Harvard Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, has co-authored a discussion paper released by the Institute for Research on Poverty that evaluates the impact of the expansion of Medicaid on intergenerational mobility.
Promoting healthy aging in developing countries; a look at Chinese vs. Indian contexts
Harvard Pop Center Visiting Scientist Sanjay Mohanty, PhD, has published a Comment in a special issue of The Journal of the Economics of Ageing dedicated to the economic implications of population aging in China and India, which is co-edited by Pop Center faculty member David Bloom, PhD. The comment is in response to the article Healthy Aging in China, also appearing in this special issue.
More generous maternity leave benefits linked to better mental health for women into older age
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, is co-author of a study published in Social Science & Medicine that explores the relationship between comprehensive maternity leave benefits and women’s mental health in later life, based on evidence from European countries. The researchers, including Pop Center faculty member and former Bell Fellow Mauricio Avendano, PhD, who is lead author on the study, along with Giacomo Pasini, PhD, who was a visiting…
Novel study sheds light on height & health connection by exploring physical stature decline associated with aging
PGDA Fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, is co-author on a novel study published in Economics & Human Biology that demonstrates an association between age-related decreases in physical stature and declining health.
Report suggests that health disparities should be part of retirement age debate
Harvard RWJF Alum Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD, has co-authored a Brief Report in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B that examines the self-reported health of individuals ages 40-70 and their education levels. The findings suggest that age alone is not necessarily enough to consider when debating retirement age.
Study finds poverty & social isolation put older men at increased risk for higher resting heart rate, a known risk factor for CVD
Visiting Scientist Cathal McCrory, PhD, is lead author on a paper published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B that examines the impact of poverty and psychosocial factors, such as social connectedness and loneliness, on resting heart rate (RHR) in older adults.
Increases in U.S. diurnal temperature associated with increased mortality, especially in elderly
Harvard RWJF Scholar Colleen Reid, PhD, has co-authored a study published in International Journal of Biometeorology that explores the association between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and mortality in 95 large U.S. communities. While much research has focused on Asia, Reid’s study examines the U.S., and shows a statistically significant association between DTR and mortality, driven mainly by effects of DTR on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in the elderly.
In assessing whether those living longer are also living healthier, broader view of morbidity needed
In the current volume of Global Health Action, three researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center — former Bell Fellow Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, PhD, current Bell Fellow Fahad Razak, MD, and faculty member SV Subramanian (Subu), PhD — have authored a study that challenges the widely accepted, disability based definition of morbidity in the compression of morbidity framework.
Job Loss During Recessions Associated with Increased Mortality Risks Among Older US Adults
According to a new study by Harvard Pop Center Researcher Clemens Noelke, Dr. rer. soc., and affiliated faculty member Jason Beckfield, PhD, older US adults who experience job loss during a recession, as opposed to during normal times or booms, face elevated mortality risks.