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Modules B and C: ADL measures used in the Module J: Health risks. Asks a set of questions National Long-Term Care Survey and in the about the likelihood that respondents or spous- National Health Interview Survey. Collects es will need long-term care in a nursing home, data to provide researchers with a cross-walk longevity estimates relating to the spouse of the that would allow the HRS ADL measures to be respondent, expectations about having medi- recalibrated to better correspond to the ADL cal care insurance at age 65 provided by an measures in these other studies. employer, and questions about the coverage of Medicare and the coverage that could be Module D: Meta-memory. Asks a battery of available from other types of insurance. Also questions to assess meta-memory, along with asks about Medicaid coverage and respondents’ the Census Bureau screen question used for the perceptions about their eligibility for Medicaid. presence of ADL limitations. Module K: Substitution elasticity of consump- Module E: Process benefits. Uses a set of 10- tion. A highly experimental measure of the point scales to ascertain respondents’ intrinsic intertemporal elasticity of substitution in satisfaction from work, housework, and various consumption, a concept that plays a key role in types of leisure. economic models of life-cycle saving behavior. Module F: Employment alternatives. Asks a series of questions on 10-point probability scales asking respondents about the likelihood that they can find jobs like their present jobs but with specified differences in characteristics, such as different amounts of pay, greater amounts of flexibility in hours per week, weeks per year, and hours per day. Module G: Parental wealth. Asks a set of ques- tions about the asset holdings of respondents’ parents, and then requests permission to talk to the parents. Module H: Occupational injuries. Inquires about various characteristics of work that relate to the likelihood of on-the-job injuries. APPE N DIX A 99

Appendix B HRS Co-Investigators, Steering Committee, and Data Monitoring Committee (1990-2006)H RS CO- i nv e s t ig at o rs and c o m m i t t e e s Co-Investigators Martha Hill, Ph.D. Robert Wallace, M.D. Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D. (1993-1999) (1990-present) (1990-1998) Robert Willis, Ph.D. University of Michigan University of Iowa Stanford University (1995-present) HRS Co-Director Michael Hurd, Ph.D. Doug Wolf, Ph.D. Robert Hauser, Ph.D. University of Michigan (1990-present) (1993-1995) (2000-2004) SUNY Stony Brook/RAND Corporation Syracuse University University of Wisconsin David Weir, Ph.D. (2000-present) Kenneth Langa, Ph.D., M.D. Steering Committee Albert Hermalin, Ph.D. HRS Co-Director (2005-present) (1995-1997) University of Michigan University of Michigan Affiliations listed are as of the time University of Michigan of Steering Committee membership. F. Thomas Juster, Ph.D. John J. McArdle, Ph.D. The Steering Committee completed Christopher Hertzog, Ph.D. (1990-present) (2005-present) its service in 2004. (2000-2004) HRS Director Emeritus University of Southern California Georgia Institute of Technology University of Michigan Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D. Olivia Mitchell, Ph.D. (1990-1992) George Kaplan, Ph.D. Charles Brown, Ph.D. (1991-present) Brookings Institution (1996-1997) (1990-present) University of Pennsylvania University of Michigan University of Michigan John Breitner, M.D. Mary Beth Ofstedal, Ph.D. (1996-1997) Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D. Alan Gustman, Ph.D. (2000-present) Duke University (2000-2002) (2000-present) University of Michigan NHANES/National Institutes of Dartmouth College Richard Campbell, Ph.D. Health Willard Rodgers, Ph.D. (1995-1997) John Henretta, Ph.D. (1993-2006) University of Illinois M. Powell Lawton, Ph.D.* (1993-2006) University of Michigan (1995-1997) University of Florida Denis Evans, M.D. Philadelphia Geriatric Center Beth J. Soldo, Ph.D. (2000-2004) Regula Herzog, Ph.D.* (1990-present) Rush University Lee Lillard, Ph.D.* (1993-2002) University of Pennsylvania (1995-1998) University of Michigan Douglas Ewbank, M.D. RAND Corporation Thomas Steinmeier, Ph.D. (2000-2004) Daniel Hill, Ph.D. (1991-present) University of Pennsylvania John J. McArdle, Ph.D. (1995-2005) Texas Tech University (2004) University of Michigan University of Virginia100

Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. Robert Willis, Ph.D. Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D. Social Security Administration Liaison APPEN DIX B(1997-1998) (1990 -1994) (2005-present) Irena Dushi, Ph.DStanford University University of Chicago Harvard University National Institute on AgingDavid Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D. Doug Wolf, Ph.D. Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Neurospychology of(2000-2004) (1995-1997) (2000-2006) Aging Program LiaisonUniversity of Chicago Syracuse University University of Southern California Dallas Anderson, Ph.D.Marilyn Moon, Ph.D. Kenneth Wolpin, Ph.D. Linda Fried, M.D., M.P.H. Past Members(1991-1997) (2000-2004) (1991-present)The Urban Institute University of Pennsylvania Johns Hopkins University Affiliations listed are as of the time of Data Monitoring CommitteeJohn Rust, Ph.D. Data Monitoring Richard Kulka, Ph.D. membership.(2000-2004) Committee (2000-present)Yale University Abt Associates Lawrence Atkins Current Members Winthrop, Stimson, PutnamJonathan Skinner, Ph.D. David Laibson, Ph.D. & Roberts(2000-2004) James Smith, Ph.D., Chair (2000-present)Dartmouth College (1991-present) Harvard University David Cutler, Ph.D. RAND Corporation Harvard UniversityFrank Sloan, Ph.D. Carol Ryff, Ph.D.(1990-1997) David A. Bennett, M.D. (2000-present) Alex Inkeles, Ph.D.Vanderbilt University (2006-present) University of Wisconsin–Madison Stanford University Rush UniversityTimothy Smeeding, Ph.D. Jonathan Skinner, Ph.D. Lee Lillard, Ph.D.*(1995-1998) Lisa Berkman, Ph.D. (2005-present) RAND CorporationSyracuse University (2000-present) Dartmouth College Harvard University Kenneth Manton, Ph.D.Richard Suzman, Ph.D. Richard Suzman, Ph.D. Duke University(1990-2004) John Cacioppo, Ph.D. (1991-present)Ex Officio (2005-present) Ex Officio John J. McArdle, Ph.D.National Institute on Aging University of Chicago National Institute on Aging University of VirginiaJohn Ware, Ph.D. David Wise, Ph.D. Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.(1990-1992) (1991-present) Stanford UniversityNew England Medical Center Harvard University 101

Appendix B Nancy McConnell Past Federal Agency Past Federal Agency Liaisons Observer Population Resource Center Sponsor Representatives Department of Health and American Association of George C. Myers, Ph.D.* Representatives of agencies that have Human Services Retired Persons Duke University provided funds or technical assistance Agency for Health Care Richard Seefer Policy and Research (1991, 1995-1996) Adrian Ostfeld, M.D. Department of Health and (now Agency for Healthcare Yale University Human Services Research and Quality) *Deceased Office of the Assistant Secretary Peter Kemper, Ph.D.H RS CO- i nv e s t ig at o rs and c o m m i t t e e s Dorothy Rice, Sc.D. for Planning and Evaluation University of California, Robert Clark, Ph.D. Health Care Financing Administration San Francisco Steven Sandell, Ph.D.* (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Dallas Salisbury, M.A. Department of Commerce Elizabeth Mauser, Ph.D. Employee Benefit Research Institute Census Bureau Marshall McBean, M.Sc., M.D. Kevin Kinsella, M.A. Lynne Penberthy, M.D., M.P.H. Sylvester Schieber, Ph.D. Watson Wyatt Worldwide Department of Labor National Center for Health Statistics Pension and Welfare Benefits Centers for Disease Control and Anderson Smith, Ph.D. Administration Prevention Georgia Institute of Technology Richard Hinz, M.P.A, C.F.A. Jack Feldman, Ph.D. Patricia Willis, Ph.D. Marta Tienda, Ph.D. Congressional Budget Office Princeton University Social Security Administration Barbara Atrostic, Ph.D. Howard Iams, Ph.D. Executive Secretaries Janice Olson Ph.D. Department of the Treasury John Phillips, Ph.D. Gillian Hunter Rose Maria Li, M.B.A., Ph.D. (2002-present) Richard Woodbury, Ph.D. (2000-2001)102







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