Professors Jim and Sarah Laditka Present Findings on Links Between Unemployment, Disability and Mortality

PHS faculty members Dr. Jim Laditka and Dr. Sarah Laditka will present their research titled “The Joint Dynamics of Employment, Disability, and Mortality” at the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Annual User Conference next week.

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) began in 1968 with a nationally representative sample of over 18,000 individuals living in 5,000 families in the United States. Information on these individuals and their descendants has been collected continuously, including data covering employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics.

The PSID is directed by faculty at the University of Michigan, and the data have used by researchers, policy analysts, and teachers around the globe.

The Laditkas’ work with the PSID data is currently supported by funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIH) through the University of Michigan. Collaborators in the Laditkas’ research include Dr. Cheryl Elman, Professor Emeritus in Sociology at the University of Akron and Dr. Carol Jagger, AXA Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.

The presentation will take place Thursday, September 15, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.