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Overview

Robert F. Schoeni is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research centers primarily within the social sciences, with a focus on health outcomes, family dynamics, and demography.

The scientist's main fields of study include social sciences, with particular attention to health, demography, sociology and political science, general health professions, and clinical psychology. Their work addresses diverse topics such as health disparities and outcomes, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, COVID-19 and mental health, retirement, disability and employment, family dynamics and relationships, COVID-19 healthcare impacts, and global health care issues.

Recent publications cover a range of interrelated topics in these areas. Notable papers include:

  • Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States, 2020, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • Comparison of Health Outcomes Among High- and Low-Income Adults Aged 55 to 64 Years in the US vs England, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Association Between Risk Factors for Complications From COVID-19, Perceived Chances of Infection and Complications, and Protective Behavior in the US, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Care Received and Unmet Care Needs Among Older Parents in Biological and Step Families, 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Close enough? Adult child-to-parent caregiving and residential proximity, 2021, Social Science & Medicine

Frequent collaborators include Judith A. Seltzer, HwaJung Choi, Kenneth M. Langa, Emily Wiemers, and Tsai-Chin Cho. These coauthors have worked with Schoeni on multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

The researcher commonly publishes in venues such as The Journals of Gerontology Series B, Demographic Research, Innovation in Aging, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and JAMA Internal Medicine. These journals align with their interdisciplinary focus on social determinants of health, aging, and population studies.

Best Publications

  • Recent trends in disability and functioning among older adults in the United States: a systematic review.

    Vicki A. Freedman;Linda G. Martin;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Material Assistance from Families during the Transition to Adulthood.

    Robert F. Schoeni;Karen E. Ross

  • Transfer Behavior in the Health and Retirement Study: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil

    David Lam;Robert F. Schoeni

  • What Has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure

    Robert F. Schoeni;Rebecca M. Blank

  • Transfer Behavior: Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources within the Family

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Socioeconomic Status and Substance Use Among Young Adults: A Comparison Across Constructs and Drugs

    Megan E. Patrick;Patrick Wightman;Robert F. Schoeni;John E. Schulenberg

  • Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: Report from a technical working group

    Vicki A. Freedman;Eileen M. Crimmins;Robert F. Schoeni;Brenda C. Spillman

  • Transfer Behavior With the Family: Results from the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert Schoeni

  • Wealth Disparities before and after the Great Recession

    Fabian T. Pfeffer;Sheldon Danziger;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Persistent and Growing Socioeconomic Disparities in Disability Among the Elderly: 1982–2002

    Robert F. Schoeni;Linda G. Martin;Patricia M. Andreski;Vicki A. Freedman

  • Transfer Behavior within the Family: Results from the Asset and Health Dynamics Survey

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Transfer Behavior Within the Family: Results From the Asset and Health Dynamics Study

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Trends in Late-Life Activity Limitations in the United States: An Update From Five National Surveys

    Vicki A. Freedman;Brenda C. Spillman;Patricia M Andreski;Jennifer C. Cornman

  • Persistent, Consistent, Widespread, and Robust? Another Look at Recent Trends in Old-Age Disability

    Robert F. Schoeni;Vicki A. Freedman;Robert B. Wallace

  • The Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Overview, Recent Innovations, and Potential for Life Course Research.

    Katherine A McGonagle;Robert F Schoeni;Narayan Sastry;Vicki A Freedman

  • Social security, economic growth, and the rise in elderly widows' independence in the twentieth century

    Kathleen Mcgarry;Robert F. Schoeni

  • PRIVATE INTERHOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS OF MONEY AND TIME: NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

    Robert F. Schoeni

  • Early-Life Origins of Adult Disease: National Longitudinal Population-Based Study of the United States

    Rucker C. Johnson;Robert F. Schoeni

  • Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy

    Robert F. Schoeni;James S. House;George A. Kaplan;Harold Pollack

  • Measurement and the Redistribution of Resources Within the Family

    Kathleen McGarry;Robert Schoeni

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda G. Martin
Linda G. Martin RAND Corporation
Vicki A. Freedman
Vicki A. Freedman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mick P. Couper
Mick P. Couper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Lam
David Lam University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Suzanne M. Bianchi
Suzanne M. Bianchi University of California, Los Angeles
John E. Schulenberg
John E. Schulenberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anna Zajacova
Anna Zajacova University of Western Ontario
Frank P. Stafford
Frank P. Stafford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Megan E. Patrick
Megan E. Patrick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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