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Robert F. Schoeni
Affiliated Programs:
TRENDS - Evaluating Old-Age Disability and Health Trends (NIA)
Funded Research:
Children in Transition to Adulthood: Family and Siblings Connections (NICHD)
Dynamic Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and its Impact on Child Overweight (Department of Agriculture)
Economic Status, Health, and Well-Being Over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations (NICHD)
Health, Wealth, and Pensions Over the Life Course in a Long Panel (NIA)
Health, Wealth, and Wellbeing over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
Panel Study of Income Dynamics - 2011 Philanthropy Module (Wave 37) (Templeton)
The Shape of Income and Mortality (NIA)
The Transition from Childhood into Adulthood among PSID Children, 2013 and 2015 (NICHD)
Transitions From Preschool Through High School: Family, Schools and Neighborhoods (NICHD)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Co-Director, Postdoctoral Program, Population Studies Center.
Professor, G. Ford School of Public Policy.
Professor, Economics.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Schoeni studies labor economics, the family, aging, and welfare policy. Recent studies include the investigation of changes in old-age health status and disability, the effects of welfare reform on various outcomes, the economic consequences of workplace injuries, and poverty among older women. He also serves as Co-Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
Recent Publications
Books
Schoeni, Robert F., James S. House, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack. 2008. Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.
Blank, Rebecca M., Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.
Schoeni, Robert F. 2002. Countrywide evaluation of the long-term family self-sufficiency plan. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
Journal Articles
Freedman, Vicki, Brenda Spillman, Patti Andreski, Jennifer C. Cornman, Eileen Crimmins, Ellen Kramarow, James Lubitz, Linda Martin, Sharon Merkin, Robert F. Schoeni, Teresa Seeman, and Timothy Waidmann. Forthcoming. "Trends in Late-Life Activity Limitations: An Update from 5 National Surveys." Demography. NIHMSID: NIHMS365791.
Johnson, Rucker C., Robert F. Schoeni, and Jeannette A. Rogowski. 2012. "Health disparities in mid-to-late life: The role of earlier life family and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions." Social Science & Medicine, 74(4): 625-636. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
C, Johnson Rucker, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2011. "Early-Life Origins of Adult Disease: National Longitudinal Population-Based Study of the United States." American Journal of Public Health, 101(12): 2317-2324. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Schoeni, Robert F., W.H. Dow, W.D. Miller, and E.R. Pamuk. 2011. "The Economic Value of Improving the Health of Disadvantaged Americans." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(1): S67-S72. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Johnson, R., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2011. "The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course." B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 11(3). NIHMSID: NIHMS350480.
McGonagle, Katherine, Mick P. Couper, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2011. "Keeping Track of Panel Members: An Experimental Test of a Between-Wave Contact Strategy." Journal of Official Statistics, 27(2 (SI)): 319-338. PMCID: PMC3253355. Abstract. Local Access.
Dowd, Jennifer B., Jeremy Albright, Trivellore Raghunathan, Robert F. Schoeni, Felicia B. LeClere, and George A. Kaplan. 2011. "Deeper and Wider: Income and Mortality in the USA over Three Decades." International Journal of Epidemiology, 40(1): 183-188. PMCID: PMC3043282. DOI. Abstract.