Twenty-five years ago, the largest academic behavioral and social science project ever
undertaken in the United States began: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The HRS is …

This paper examines the scientific, public policy, and organizational background out of
which the Health and Retirement Study emerged. It describes the evolution of the major …

The racial wealth gap is the largest of the economic disparities between Black and white
Americans, with a white-to-Black per capita wealth ratio of 6 to 1. It is also among the most …

This paper examines households' financial fragility by looking at their capacity to come up
with $2,000 in 30 days. Using data from the 2009 TNS Global Economic Crisis survey, we …

This glossary presents a comprehensive list of indicators of socioeconomic position used in
health research. A description of what they intend to measure is given together with how …

Objective: In this article we review different measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and
their uses in health-related research. Areas of agreement: Socioeconomic circumstances …

The relationship between the socioeconom-ic position of individuals and populations and
their health is well established—the socioeconomically better-off doing better on most …

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This paper reviews current information on wealth trends, with particular attention to the role
of household wealth in the stratification system. The first section considers the relevance of …

We study the consumption response to typical labor income shocks and investigate how
these vary by wealth and race. First, we estimate the elasticity of consumption with respect to …