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The changing impact of the AIDS epidemic on older-age parents in the era of ART: Evidence from Thailand
(Springer, 2012-03)
Previous research makes clear that before antiretroviral therapy (ART), when HIV led to disabling illness and certain death, many older persons as parents of infected adults experienced adverse emotional, material and ...
The Changing Well-Being of Thai elderly
(HelpAge International, 2013-04)
This report provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview concerning the situation of persons age 60 and over in Thailand. Chapters describe population aging in Thailand and government responses, social and demographic ...
The Social Security Early Retirement Benefit as Safety Net
(Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 2010-10)
In this paper we used the Health and Retirement Study to examine the health and economic status of those who collect Social Security retirement benefits prior to the full retirement age. We used a propensity score reweighting ...
The Situation of Older Persons in Myanmar: Results from the 2012 Survey of Older Persons
(HelpAge International, 2013-03)
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of older persons in Myanmar based on the first national survey of persons age 60 and older. Chapters examine population aging, social characteristics of older ...
The Future of Family Support for Thai Elderly: Views of the Populace
(Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, 2013-01)
Future cohorts of older Thais will have fewer and more dispersed children. This will result in a continuing decline in coresidence with children that has been the lynchpin of the traditional familial system of old age ...
The Stewardship Gap: A Challenge in Long-Term Access to Data
(2018-12-27)
Despite broad consensus among many in the scientific research, data, and policy communities about the importance of preserving and sharing research data, there are significant concerns about the adequacy of measures being ...
Occupational Learning, Financial Knowledge, and the Accumulation of Retirement Wealth
(Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 2010-10)
This study explores the relationship between general human capital investment, financial
knowledge, occupational spillovers, and the accumulation of wealth in a primarily
descriptive manner. Drawing upon human capital ...
Personality, Lifetime Earnings, and Retirement Wealth
(Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 2010-10)
Studies of adolescents and young adults have shown that schooling impacts economic outcomes beyond its impact on cognitive ability. Research has also shown that the personality trait of conscientiousness predicts health ...
Carbon stored in human settlements: the conterminous United States
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010-01)
Urban areas are home to more than half of the world's people, responsible for >70% of anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide and 76% of wood used for industrial purposes. By 2050 the proportion of the urban population is ...