Staff Bios
James P. Smith 
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Senior Economist; RAND Chair in Labor Markets and Demographic Studies Santa Monica Office |
EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Chicago; B.S. in economics, Fordham University |
ExpertiseSavings; wealth; health; immigration |
Policy AreasInterrelation of health and socioeconomic status; immigrants and the labor market; impact of childhood health on adult labor market outcomes |
Recent Projects
- Principal Investigator of the New Immigrant Survey
- Intergenerational Financial Transfers
- Housing Price Risk, Home Ownership, and Wealth
- Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and England
- Economic Status, Health and Well-Being over the Life Course and Across Generations
Selected Publications
"The Impact of Childhood Health on Adult Labor Market Outcomes," The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming 2008.
"The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Health over the Life-Course," Journal of Human Resources 42(4):739-764, Fall 2007.
"Nature and Causes of Trends in Male Diabetes Prevalence, Undiagnosed Diabetes, and the Socioeconomic Status Health Gradient," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(33):13225-13231, August 14, 2007.
"Vignettes and Self-Reported Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands," American Economic Review 97(1):461-473, March 2007 (with A. Kapteyn and A. vanSoest).
"Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England," Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 295(17):2037-2045, May 3, 2006 (with J. Banks, M. Marmot, and Z. Oldfield).
"Immigrants and the Labor Market," Journal of Labor Economics 24(2):203-233, April 2006.
"The Decline in Household Saving and the Wealth Effect," The Review of Economics and Statistics 88(1):20-27, February 2006 (with F.T. Juster, J.P. Lupton, and F. Stafford).
"Socioeconomic Differences in the Adoption of New Medical Technologies," American Economic Review 95(3):234-237, June 2005 (with D. Goldman).
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