Lara Shore-Sheppard
Kimberly A. ’96 and Robert R. ’62 Henry Professor of Economics and Department Chair
Shore-Sheppard will examine pre-retirement (ages 50-61) households with multigenerational or skipped-generation living arrangements. She will focus on how the generosity of safety net programs for families with children, social and economic factors, and the interaction between these factors and safety net generosity impact living arrangements. She will also explore the extent to which living arrangements in pre-retirement years affect the well-being of older adults.
I'm focusing on trying to answer the question of why there has been an increase in households with children and older citizens, and trying in particular, to focus on the question of whether the social safety net has anything to do with that change.
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