Michael D. Hurd

Michael D. Hurd
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study

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.

Selected Recent Publications

Rohwedder S, Hudomiet P, Hurd MD. Risk of Large Medical Expenditures at Older Ages and Their Impact on Economic Well-being. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center; 2023.
Hurd MD, Rohwedder S. Spending trajectories after age 65 variation by initial wealth. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 2023;26:100468. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2023.100468.
Hudomiet P, Hurd MD, Rohwedder S. Trends in Health in Midlife and Late Life. Journal of Human Capital. 2022;16(1):133-156. doi:10.1086/717542.
Hurd MD, Rohwedder S. Forecasting Employment of the Older Population . In: Berkman LF, Truesdale BC, eds. Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer. Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer. Oxford University Press; 2022:155-174. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197512067.003.0008.