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4165 - Current Debates in Aging and the Life Course: Public Policy
Tue, August 13, 8:30 to 10:10am, Sheraton New York, Floor: Third Floor, New York Ballroom EastSession Submission Type: Invited Session
Description
This invited panel will discuss specific types of public policy that influence aging and the life course. How does public policy shape cumulative disadvantage processes and outcomes during childhood and adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and older adulthood? What are the life-course implications of federal and state policy in various domains including health and health care, work and retirement, crime, families and caregiving, housing, food security, and immigration? What are the most pressing public policy issues that life course scholars should be considering? Panelists will discuss a particular theme for 5 minutes each during the first half of the session then will take questions from the audience for the remainder of the session.
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Structure, Policy and Cumulative Dis/Advantage Across Adulthood - Dale Dannefer, Case Western Reserve University
Housing Assistance Policies and Child Health in the United States - Andrew Fenelon, Penn State University
Food and Nutrition Policies over the Life Course - Colleen M. Heflin, Syracuse University
Social Support Policies and Peer Influences in a Life Course Perspective - Michael Massoglia, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jason Robey, University of Wisconsin - Madison
US Immigration Policies and Health of Older Immigrants - Zoya Gubernskaya, University at Albany, SUNY
Critical Social Policy Issues in Minority Aging - Jacqueline L. Angel, University of Texas-Austin
Policies to Extend Working Lives - Debra Street, State University of New York-Buffalo; Aine Ni Leime, National University of Ireland, Galway
How Social Policies affect Grandparent Care Work - Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University
Wealth Policy as Health Policy: A population aging perspective - Courtney E. Boen, University of Pennsylvania
Structural Sexism and Life Course Health Outcomes: Implications for Public Policy - Patricia Ann Homan, Florida State University