Aging
Our work in Aging
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The Long-Term Benefits of Quality Early Childcare for Disadvantaged Mothers and their Children
This post discusses research on the life-cycle consequences of comprehensive early childcare programs.
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Trends in the Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among Older Latino Adults.
Given the demographic changes occurring in the US, understanding the health problems that are affecting older Latinos is of increasing importance.
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Is Investing in Research to Delay Aging of Value Today?
The time is ripe for a new frontier in medicine.
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Quantifying the Life-Cycle Benefits of a Prototypical Early Childhood Program
Heckman and his colleagues estimate the internal rate of return is 13.7 percent for the high quality early childhood education program analyzed. The associated benefit/cost ratio is 7.3.
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The Lifecycle Benefits of an Influential Early Childhood Program
The Future Americans Model (FAM) was adapted to estimate benefits from an influential early childhood program.
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Early Skill Formation and the Efficiency of Parental Investment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Home Visiting
This study presented evidence on early skill formation and parental investment using an experimentally designed, home visiting program targeting disadvantaged Irish families, and found that deficits in parenting skills can be offset within a relatively short timeframe, yet continued investment may be required to observe child effects.
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How the Growing Gap in Life Expectancy May Affect Retirement Benefits and Reforms
Growing gap in life expectancy by income increases gap in lifetime retirement benefits including Medicare by $130,000
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Alzheimer’s-Preventing Drugs May Already Exist – We Just Can’t Test Them
Many people who use statins to fight heart disease seem to be on a slower track for developing Alzheimer’s compared to the rest of the population. Yet multiple hurdles stand in the way for this sort of study.
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USC to Identify Best Approaches for Delivering Palliative Care Outside of Hospitals
Study provides rare opportunity to impact development and adoption of a health care service as it is starting to spread nationally, say researchers.
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Early Childhood Education Pays Big Dividends, Study Says
2015-2016 RCMAR Scholar and Associate Economist Maria Jose Prados quoted in Ed Source about a study on the lifetime consequences of early childhood education.