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Wolf’s research lies at the intersection of demography, gerontology, and public policy. His areas of expertise include changing family patterns and their consequences for living and care arrangements in late life; trends in late-life disability and the mix of family and formal care; and the health and worklife consequences of being a family caregiver. Wolf has served on the Government and Public Affairs Committee and the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America. He is a co-investigator for the National Health & Aging Trends Study, and has served on advisory boards of several data-collection and data-dissemination projects, as well as the editorial boards of several journals.
Contributions
How Do U.S. States Influence the Health and Longevity of Their Residents?
Family Care for America’s Sick and Frail Elders
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Publications
Reports that a majority of older women receive spouse or widow Social Security benefits, an entitlement based on their marital history rather than their work history. Finds that in the future, changing marital and divorce patterns imply that slightly smaller proportions of white and Hispanic women, but a dramatically smaller proportion of black women, will qualify for these benefits.