Old PARC News & Announcements

Call for Proposals: 2007 NICHD-PSC, PARC, BOETTNER CENTER PILOT PROJECT Competition
Proposals due March 1, 2007

Award of Center Pilots Announced

PI: Aureo DePaula
Pilot: An Empirical Study on Behavioral Responses to AIDS

PI: Kathryn Jedrziewski
Pilot: Is Physical Activity a Viable Intervention to Lower the Risk of Dementia

PI: Hans-Peter Kohler and Stephane Helleringer
Pilot: A population-based study of the transmission and diversification of HIV-1 using molecular genetic and complete sexual network data

PI: Olivia Mitchell
Pilot: Life Cycle Funds and 401(k) Portfolio Selection

PI: Hyunjoon Park
Pilot: Age Variation in the Relationship between Health Literacy and Self-Rated Health

PI: Samuel Preston and Rachel Margolis
Pilot: The Effects of Nutrition and Disease on Child Growth and Adult Health

Call for Proposals: 2006 NICHD-PSC, PARC, BOETTNER CENTER PILOT PROJECT Competition. Proposals due February 24, 2006

Award of PARC/Boettner Center Pilots Announced

PI: Li-wei Chao
Pilot: Does Poor Health Induce Myopia? An Investigation of Mortality, Morbidity, Aging, and Time Preference

PI: Jalpa Doshi
Pilot: Impact of Prescription Copayments on Antidepressant Use and Adherence in Dual Eligibles: Implications for Medicare Part D

PI: Irma Elo
Pilot: What Can We Learn from the 2000 Census of Population

PI: Iliana Kohler and Samuel Preston
Pilot: The Muslin Mortality Puzzle in Bulgaria

PI: Olivia Mitchell
Pilot: Contribution Patterns under the Chilean Retirement Survey

PI: Hyunjoon Park
Pilot: The Literacy Gap between Those with High Levels and Low Levels of Educational Attainment among Older Adults: A Comparative Study of 20 Countries

PI: Barbara Turner
Pilot: Understanding Barriers to Hypertension Control in the Elderly

PI: Kevin Volpp
Pilot: Financial Incentives for Weight Loss

PI: Susan Watkins
Pilot: Building and Maintaining Bibliographic Database for AIDS Research in Malawi

Call for Proposals: 2005 NICHD|Mellon-PSC, PARC, BOETTNER CENTER PILOT PROJECT Competition. Proposals due February 2005

Award of PARC/Boettner Center Pilots Announced

PI: Jere Behrman
Pilot Title: Resource Flows Among Three Generations in Guatemala: Supplementary Analysis and Data Collection

PI: Virginia Chang
Pilot Title: Body Capital and Socioeconomic Mobility

PI: Hans-Peter Kohler and Stephane Helleringer
Pilot Title: HIV/AIDS and Complete Sexual and Social Networks in Rural Malawi

PI: Hans-Peter Kohler and Li-wei Chao
Pilot Title: HIV/AIDS and Intergenerational Transfers in Malawi

PI: Hans-Peter Kohler
Pilot Title: Trust and Transfers in South Africa: Linking Survey with Experimental Data

PI: Olivia Mitchell
Pilot Title: Understanding Pension Literacy

PI: Alexander Muermann
Pilot Title: Anticipated Regret and the Disposition Effect

PI: Samuel Preston
Pilot Title: Factors Responsible for the Changing Sex Differentials in Mortality at Older Ages in the United States

PI: Stephen Shore
Pilot: The Causal Impact of Education on Income Volatility

PI: Petra Todd
Pilot: Effects of School Vouchers on Education and Earning

PI: Susan Watkins
Pilot: Public Dissemination of Primary Qualitative Data

PI: Kenneth Wolpin
Pilot: The Impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill

Call for Proposals: 2004 NICHD|Mellon-PSC, PARC, BOETTNER CENTER PILOT PROJECT Competition Proposals due February 25, 2004

Award of PARC/Boettner Center Pilots Announced

PI: Douglas Ewbank
Pilot Title: Analysis of the Linearity of Trends in the Dementia Severity Rating Scale

PI: Jose Pagán
Pilot Title: Self-medication among Adults in Mexico

PI: Stephen Shore
Pilot Title: Human Capital Risk and Family Co-Insurance

PIs: Etienne van de Walle and Claire Noël-Miller
Pilot Title: Grandparents and the Survival of their Grandchildren in the Gambia

 

Call for Proposals 2003 PARC/BOETTNER CENTER PILOT PROJECTS Proposals due February 24, 2003

Award of PARC/Boettner Center Pilots Announced

PI: Robert F. Boruch & Co-PI: Anca N. Mataoanu
Pilot Title: Understanding International Best Practice in Pension Regulation and Supervision

PI: Irma Elo
Pilot Title: Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality in Finland and the United States: The role of income and education

PI: John Knowles & Co-PI: Petra Todd
Pilot Title: Savings and Health Behavior over the Lifecycle and across Generations

PI: Iliana Kohler & Co-PI: Hans-Peter Kohler
Pilot Title: Health Disparities in the Older Population of the US and Mexico

PI: Daniel Polsky
Pilot Title: Health insurance, health, and labor force participation among elderly Mexicans

PI: Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
Pilot Title: The Living Arrangements of the Elderly Widows

PI: Herbert L. Smith
Pilot Title: Aging of Local Populations: A Preliminary Investigation

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