Contact Information
RAND
1766 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208
Phone: 310.393.0411 x6945
Email: mhurd@rand.org
Education
B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
M.S. and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research and Projects
Dr. Hurd's research interests cover a wide range of topics in the economics of aging including: the structure of private pensions and Social Security and their effects on retirement decisions; the economic status of the elderly; the determinants of consumption and saving; the use of health care services; methods of assessing uncertainty in a population; bracketing and anchoring effects in the elicitation of economic information; and the relationship between socioeconomic status and mortality. Dr. Hurd's most recent research focuses on the monetary costs of dementia, and the costs of long-term care.