Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
Department of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1992
B.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1986
Research and Projects
Public Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Aging
Selected Recent Publications
Li J, McGarry KM, Nicholas LH, Skinner JS. Dementia and Long-Run Trajectories in Household Finances. National Bureau of Economic Research; 2026. doi:10.3386/w34659
Li J, Skinner JS, McGarry K, et al. Declines in Wealth Among US Older Adults at Risk of Dementia. JAMA Neurology. 2023. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.3216
Gruber J, McGarry K. Long-Term Care in the United States. Cambridge, MA: NBER; 2023. doi:10.3386/w31881
McGarry K. Perceptions of Mortality: Individual assessment of longevity risk. In: Mitchell OS, ed. New Models for Managing Longevity Risk: Public-Private Partnerships. Oxford University Press; 2022. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192859808.001.0001
Fahle S, McGarry K. How Caregiving for Parents Reduces Women’s Employment: Patterns Across Sociodemographic Groups. In: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of ’Working Longer’. Oxford University; 2020. https://squaredawayblog.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Fahle_McGarry….