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From: Michael Grossman (mgrossman@gc.cuny.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 16:24:08 EDT
Kajal,
I cannot participate in this session because I will be away. I am sending
this message to the members of the NBER Health Economics and Health Care
Programs. If anyone is interested in participating, he or she will contact
you.
Best regards,
Mike
Michael Grossman
National Bureau of Economic Research
365 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10016-4309
212-817-7959 (phone)
212-817-1597 (fax)
mgrossman@gc.cuny.edu (e-mail)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kajal Lahiri" <klahiri@albany.edu>
To: "Grossman, Michael" <MGrossman@gc.cuny.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:22 PM
Hi Professor Grossman,
A colleague of mine at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of US
Department of Transportation, Dr. Brian W. Sloboda, has organized a
session on disability and transportation needs at the forthcoming Joint
Statistical Association Meeting (Govt. Stat. section) in New York City
during August 11-16, 2002. I am wondering whether you or some one you
know may in interested in participating in the session. Hopefully, it
will be marginal work for a New Yorker! The session will be on Sept. 11
from 2-4pm at NY Hilton. Here is a short description on the session.
My talk will deal with application behavior for federal disability
insurance programs, without any reference to transportation issues.
I am sure Brian will appreciate your participation.
Thanks in advance -
kajal
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Date/Time: Sunday, August 11, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics*
Abstract - #301093
Title: Issues in Disability Statistics and Transportation Access
Author(s): Kajal Lahiri*+ and Sharon Durant*+ and John Benison*+
Affiliation(s): University at Albany, SUNY and US Department of
Transportation and US Department of Transportation
Address: 1400 Washington Avenue , Albany, New York, 12222, USA 400
Seventh Street, SW (Room 3430) , Washington , District of Columbia,
20590, USA 400 7th Street, SW, Room 2110, SVC-104, Washington, DC,
20590,
Keywords: Disability programs ; Social Security Disability Insurance ;
Matched Data ; Transportation access ; Data collection ; Structural
models
Abstract: The number of persons in this nation categorized as
"disabled" increases as its population ages, as medical advances improve
survival rates, as new disabling conditions emerge, as poverty
continues, and as definitions change. This panel will share its work in
the area of disability, and facilitate a discussion about the issues
concerning increased numbers of disabled persons. The first part of the
discussion will focus on transportation issues disabled persons face due
to the environment, the infrastructure, and the design of transportation
vehicles. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), an agency of
the US Department of Transportation (DOT), will describe its new
national survey on transportation availability and use by persons with
disabilities, for which the data collection is currently under way. The
second part of the discussion will focus on statistical analyses
concerning disability via social security data. The Social Security
Administration (SSA) will report how it uses data from from various
surveys on health impairments and socioeconomic status that were
designed for the analysis of disability programs.
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Professor Kajal Lahiri
Department of Economics Phone: (518) 442 4758
University at Albany: SUNY Fax: (518) 442 4736
1400 Washington Avenue E-mail:klahiri@albany.edu
Albany, NY 12222 http://www.albany.edu/~klahiri
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