Robert F. Schoeni's Select 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

Martin, Linda G., Vicki A. Freedman, Robert F. Schoeni, and Patricia M. Andreski. 2009. "Health and Functioning Among Baby Boomers Approaching 60." Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64(3): 369-377. PMCID:PMC2670250. DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbn040. Licensed Access.

Freedman, Vicki, Linda Martin, Robert F. Schoeni, and Jennifer C. Cornman. 2008. "Declines in late-life disability: The role of early- and mid-life factors." Social Science & Medicine, 66(7): 1588-1602. PMCID:PMC2408829. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.037. Licensed Access.

Herd, P., Schoeni, Robert F., and James S. House. 2008. "Upstream solutions: Does the supplemental security income program reduce disability in the elderly?" Milbank Quarterly, 86(1): 5-45. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0009.2007.00512.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Schoeni, Robert F., V.A. Freedman, and L.G. Martin. 2008. "Why is late-life disability declining?" Milbank Quarterly, 86 : 47-89. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0009.2007.00513.x. Licensed Access.

Freedman, V.A., Grafova, I.B., Robert F. Schoeni, and J. Rogowski. 2008. "Neighborhoods and disability in later life." Social Science & Medicine, 66(11): 2253-2267. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.013. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Davis, M.M., K. McGonagle, Robert F. Schoeni, and Frank P. Stafford. 2008. "Grandparental and parental obesity influences on childhood overweight: implications for primary care practice." Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM, 21(6): 549-54. DOI:10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.070140. Licensed Access.

Martin, Linda G., Robert F. Schoeni, Vicki A. Freedman, and Patricia Andreski. 2007. "Feeling Better? Trends in General Health Status." Journals of Gerontology: Social Science, 62B(1): S11-21.

Freedman, Vicki A., Robert F. Schoeni, Linda G. Martin, and Jennifer C. Cornman. 2007. "Chronic Conditions and the Decline in Late-Life Disability." Demography, 44(3): 459–477.

Schoeni, Robert F., Jersey Liang, J. Bennett, H. Sugisawa, T. Fukaya, and E. Kobayashi. 2006. "Trends in Old-Age Functioning and Disability in Japan, 1993-2002." Population Studies - A Journal of Demography, 60(1): 39-53. DOI:10.1080/00324720500462280. Licensed Access.

McGarry, Kathleen, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2005. "Widow(er) poverty and out-of-pocket medical expenditures at the end of life." Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 60(3): S160-S168.

Freedman, V.A., E. Crimmins, Robert F. Schoeni, B.C. Spillman, H. Aykan, Ellen A. Kramarow, K. Land, J. Lubitz, K. Manton, L.G. Martin, D. Shinberg, and Timothy A. Waidmann. 2004. "Resolving Inconsistencies in Trends in Old-Age Disability: Report From a Technical Working Group." Demography, 41(3): 417-441.

Freedman, V.A., L.G. Martin, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2004. "Disability in America." Population Bulletin, 59(3): 3-32.

Haider, S.J., Robert F. Schoeni, Y.H. Bao, and C. Danielson. 2004. "Immigrants, welfare reform, and the economy." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(4): 745-764.

Haider, Steven J., A. Jacknowitz, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Food Stamps and the Elderly : Why is Participation So Low?" Journal of Human Resources, 38(supplement): 1080-1111.

Haider, Steven J., A. Jacknowitz, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Welfare Work Requirements and Child Well-Being: Evidence from the Effects on Breast-Feeding." Demography, 40(3): 479-497.

Blank, R.M., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Changes in the Distribution of Children's Family Income over the 1990s." American Economic Review, 92(2): 304-308.

Lakdawalla, Darius N., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Is Nursing Home Demand Affected by the Decline in Age Difference between Spouses?" Demographic Research, 8.

Freedman, V.A., L.G. Martin, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Measuring Functional Status and Disability in Older Adults - Reply." JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(24): 3239-3240.

Schoeni, Robert F. 2002. "Does Unemployment Insurance Displace Familial Assistance?" Public Choice, 110(1-2): 99-119.

Schoeni, Robert F., Vicki Freedman, and Robert Wallace. 2002. "Late-life Disability Trajectories and Socioeconomic Status." Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 22: 184-206.

Freedman, Vicki A., Linda G. Martin, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2002. "Recent Trends in Disability and Functioning Among Older Americans: A Critical Review of the Evidence." Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(24): 3137-3146.

Schoeni, Robert F., Viki Freedman, and Robert Wallace. 2001. "Persistent, Consistent, Widespread and Robust? Another Look at Trends in Old-Age Disability." Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences, 56(4): S206-S218.

Schoeni, Robert F., and Kathleen McGarry. 2000. "Social Security, Economic Growth and the Rise of the Elderly Widows' Independence in the Twentieth Century." Demography, 37(2): 221-36.

McGarry, Kathleen, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1997. "Transfer Behavior Within the Family: Results From the Asset and Health Dynamics Study." The Journals of Gerontology, 52B(SpecialIssue): 85-92. Reprint No. 537.

Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1994. "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil." The Journal of Human Resources, 29(4): 1235-58. Reprint No. 453.

Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1993. "Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil." Journal of Political Economy, 101(4): 710-40. Reprint No. 421.

Chapters

House, James S., Robert F. Schoeni, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack. 2008. "The Health Effects of Social and Economic Policy: The Promise and Challenge for Research and Policy." In Making Americans healthier: social and economic policy as health policy edited by Robert Schoeni, James House, George Kaplan, and Harold Pollock. New York: Russell Sage.

Reville, R., and Schoeni, Robert F. 2008. "The fraction of disability caused at work." In Older and out of work : jobs and social insurance for a changing economy edited by Eberts, Randall W., Hobbie, Richard A.. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Schoeni, Robert F., Freedman, V., and L. Martin. 2008. "Socioeconomic and demographic disparities in trends in old-age disability." In Health at older ages : the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly edited by Cutler, David M., Wise, David A.. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Herd, Pamela, House, James S., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2007. "Income support policies and health among the elderly." In Making Americans healthier : social and economic policy as health policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Blank, Rebecca M., Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Work and poverty during the past quarter-century." In Working and poor : how economic and policy changes are affecting low-wage workers edited by Rebecca M. Blank, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1-20. New York : Russell Sage Foundation.

Schoeni, Robert F., and Karen Ross. 2005. "Material Assistance from Families during the Transition to Adulthood." In On the Frontier of Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Public Policy edited by Settersten, Richard A. Jr.; Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr.; Rumbaut, Rubén G. . Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago Press.

Schoeni, Robert F. 2001. "Comment on: Currie and Grogger, Explaining Recent Declines in Food Stamp Program Participation." In Brookings and Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs edited by William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

PSC Reports

Grieger, Lloyd, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2008. "Estimating and Benchmarking the Trend in the Poverty Rate from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics." PSC Research Report No. 08-633. March 2008. Abstract. PDF.

Freedman, Vicki A., Irina B. Grafova, Robert F. Schoeni, and Jeannette Rogowski. 2007. "Neighborhoods and Disability in Later Life." PSC Research Report No. 07-622. May 2007. PMCID:PMC2478756. Abstract. PDF.

Johnson, Rucker C., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2007. "The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course." PSC Research Report No. 07-616. January 2007. Abstract. PDF.

Rogowski, Jeannette A., Vicki A. Freedman, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Neighborhoods and the Health of the Elderly: Challenges in Using National Survey Data." PSC Research Report No. 06-600. May 2006. Abstract. PDF.

Nahm, Joon W., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Semiparametric Analysis of Wealth-Age Profiles." PSC Research Report No. 06-599. May 2006. Abstract. PDF.

Charles, Kerwin, Sheldon H. Danziger, Geng Li, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Studying Consumption with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Comparisons with the Consumer Expenditure Survey and an Application to the Intergenerational Transmission of Well-being." PSC Research Report No. 06-590. February 2006. Abstract. PDF.

Freedman, Vicki A., Robert F. Schoeni, Linda G. Martin, and Jennifer C. Cornman. 2006. "Chronic Conditions and the Decline in Late-Life Disability." TRENDS Working Paper No. 06-5. July 2006. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F., Jersey Liang, Joan Bennet, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Taro Fukaya, and Erika Kobayashi. 2005. "Trends in Old-Age Functioning and Disability in Japan: 1993-2002." PSC Research Report No. 05-570. January 2005. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F., Jersey Liang, Joan Bennett, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Taro Fukaya, and Erika Kobayashi. 2005. "Trends in Old-Age Functioning and Disability in Japan: 1993-2002." TRENDS Working Paper No. 05-3. June 2005. Abstract. PDF.

Freedman, Vicki A., Linda G. Martin, Jennifer Cornman, Emily M. Agree, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2005. "Trends in Assistance with Daily Activities: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist in the U.S. Older Population." TRENDS Working Paper No. 05-2. June 2005. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F., Vicki A. Freedman, and Linda G. Martin. 2005. "Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparities in Trends in Old-Age Disability." TRENDS Working Paper No. 05-1. June 2005. Abstract. PDF.

Reville, Robert, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2004. "The Fraction of Disability Caused at Work." PSC Research Report No. 04-551. February 2004. Abstract. PDF.

Heron, Melonie P., Robert F. Schoeni, and Leo Morales. 2003. "Health Disparities among Older Immigrants in the United States." PSC Research Report No. 03-548. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

McGarry, Kathleen, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Medicare Gaps and Widow Poverty." PSC Research Report No. 03-547. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Haider, Steven, Robert F. Schoeni, Yuhua Bao, and Caroline Danielson. 2003. "Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Economy in the 1990s." PSC Research Report No. 03-546. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F. 2003. "Support Networks within the Family as a Public Good Problem." PSC Research Report No. 03-545. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F., and Rebecca M. Blank. 2003. "What Has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure." PSC Research Report No. 03-544. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Schoeni, Robert F., and Michael Dardia. 2003. "Estimates of Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers Using California Administrative Data." PSC Research Report No. 03-543. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Dow, William H., Paul Gertler, Robert F. Schoeni, John Strauss, and Duncan Thomas. 2003. "Health Care Prices, Health, and Labor Outcomes: Experimental Evidence." PSC Research Report No. 03-542. December 2003. Abstract. PDF.

Lam, David, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1993. "Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil." PSC Research Report No. 93-283. July 1993. Abstract.

McGarry, Kathleen, and Robert F. Schoeni. 1993. "Transfer Behavior: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family." AHEAD/HRS Report No. 94-007. December 1993. Abstract.

Schoeni, Robert F. 1992. "Another Leak in the Bucket? Public Transfer Income and Private Family Support." PSC Research Report No. 92-249. July 1992. Abstract.

Schoeni, Robert F. 1990. "The Earnings Effects of Marital Status: Results for Twelve Countries." PSC Research Report No. 90-172. March 1990. Abstract.

Other Reports

Heron, Melanie P., Robert F. Schoeni, and Leo Sergio Morales. 2002. "Health Status of Older Immigrants in the United States." Labor and Population Program working series 02-07.

Reville, Robert T., Robert F. Schoeni, and Craig W. Martin. 2002. "Trends in earnings loss from disabling workplace injuries in California." Rand Report .

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