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University at Albany, State University of New York

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Inequality In Access To Dental And Vision Care : Examining The Role Of Income And Insurance, Wahida Ferdousi Jan 2017

Inequality In Access To Dental And Vision Care : Examining The Role Of Income And Insurance, Wahida Ferdousi

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation explores inequality in access to dental and vision care. It includes three chapters.


Essays On Investigating And Modeling Household Wealth Distribution Determinants, Yunan Lu Jan 2016

Essays On Investigating And Modeling Household Wealth Distribution Determinants, Yunan Lu

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

I investigate and model wealth distribution determinants both empirically and theoretically. In "An Investigation of the Process for U.S. Household Wealth", I use panel-structured Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data to investigate the stochastic process for U.S. household wealth, based on a model that includes a common age-dependent component, a permanent heterogeneous component, and a dynamic component. Using the estimated wealth process, I decompose the dispersion in household wealth at each age generated between the different stochastic mechanisms. The estimated household wealth process can then be used to validate theoretical models of wealth inequality. The experiment conducted in this …


Health Disparities Among The U.S. Elderly, Heesoo Joo Jan 2012

Health Disparities Among The U.S. Elderly, Heesoo Joo

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation examines health disparities related to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status among the U.S. elderly taking into account empirical challenges including: (1) self-selection and unobserved factors; (2) subjective and objective measures of disease; and (3) attrition bias.