Publications

Aging

Fletcher, J., Jajtner, K., and Kim, J. (In Press) “Geographic Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Mortality in the US: Comparing Impacts of Place of Birth and Place of Residence”.  Social Science & Medicine - Population Health 

Brucker, D., Jajtner, K., and Mitra, S. (2021). "Does Social Security Promote Food Security? Evidence for Older Households". Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. (Full Text)

Jajtner, K., Brucker, D., and Mitra, S. (2021). "Midlife Work Limitations are Associated with Lower Odds of Survival and Healthy Aging". The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. (Full Text)

Mitra, S., Brucker, D. L., & Jajtner, K. (2020). Wellbeing at older ages: towards an inclusive and multidimensional measure. Disability and Health Journal, 100926. (Full Text)

Intergenerational Mobility

Jajtner, K., Messel, M., & Fletcher, J. (2023). Social Security Disability Insurance and Intergenerational Economic Mobility. Contemporary Economic Policy.
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Fletcher, J., & Jajtner, K. (2023). "Multidimentional Intergenerational Mobility". Social Science & Medicine.
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Fletcher, J., & Jajtner, K. M. (2021). "Intergenerational Health Mobility: Magnitudes and Importance of Schools and Place". Health Economics.
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Fletcher, J., & Jajtner, K. (2020). Childhood Origins Of Intergenerational Health Mobility In The United States. Health Affairs, 39(10), 1710-1718.
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Jajtner, K. M. (2020). Work‐Limiting Disability and Intergenerational Economic Mobility. Social Science Quarterly, 101(5), 2001-2016. 

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Inequality & Disability

Jajtner, K. M., Mitra, S., Fountain, C., & Nichols, A. (2020). Rising Income Inequality Through a Disability Lens: Trends in the United States 1981–2018. Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1-34. (Full Text)

In Progress

Jajtner, K. and Wang, Y. “The Effects of Earned Income Tax Credit on Intergenerational Health Mobility in the United States” 

Jajtner, K., Solomon, K., and Wang, Y. “Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Reduce Work Disability?”