W05-8: The rapid rise in home prices in countries around the world has focused new attention on the role that housing and housing wealth plays in enhancing the financial…
W03-1: The growing number of frail seniors in the U.S. has prompted considerable concern over the provision of long-term care. Seniors are living longer and staying…
W01-13: The elderly population is rapidly expanding while the core tax-paying population is shrinking. The ratio of working Americans to retired Americans will drop from…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 10, 2000
Breakthroughs in medicine and improved lifelong health are changing the way people in their 60s and 70s look at their housing choices, while greater financial resources and…
W99-8: Based on data from the 1995 American Housing Survey (AHS), this study explores the types and prevalence of home modifications for U.S. households with disabled…
W99-6: The housing choices of the elderly are classified into five types: assisted communities, unassisted 60 plus communities, shared housing, supported housing and…
W99-4: This paper explores the housing choices of America’s elderly households drawing on data from the recently available Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-…
W99-3: This paper explores the characteristics of America’s elderly population, using data from the recently available Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-Old (…