Emily Wiemers

• 2023 Fall
  • PAI 723 Economics for Public Decisions
• 2023 Spring
  • PAI 794 Aging, Demography, and Public Policy
• 2022 Spring
  • PAI 794 Aging, Demography, and Public Policy

Emily Wiemers is an associate professor of public administration and international affairs, a faculty associate at the Aging Studies Institute and a research affiliate in the Center for Policy Research.

She holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, a M.A. from University College Dublin and a B.A. from Brown University.

Her work examines inter-generational ties and economic well-being across the life course. Her recent work focuses the impact of health and disability on earnings instability and inter-generational transfers across adult ages.

She is a recipient of research grants from the National Institute on Aging, Russell Sage Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Wiemers’ research has been published in journals such as Demography, Population Development Review, The Gerontologist, and Review of Economics of the Household. 

"Geographic Trends And Disparities In Psychosocial Wellbeing, Health Behaviors, And Mortality In Midlife", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Long-Term Care for High-Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Tracing the Health Consequences of Family Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"States' COVID-19 Mitigation Policies and Psychological Health, Drug Overdose, and Suicide among U.S. Adults", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Children's Help to Aging Parents in the Face of Health and Economic Challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Center for Aging and Policy Studies - 2021 - 2022:_Subproject for Institution # 31149", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Longterm Care Expectations and Outcomes", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

"Center for Aging and Policy Studies", Sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH)/DHHS.

• Book
  • Wiemers, E. E., Park, S. S., "Intergenerational transfers of time and money over the life course." In Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. , 2021.
• Journal Articles
  • Hotz, J. V., Wiemers, E. E., Rasmussen , J. and Koegel, K. M., "The Role of Parental Wealth and Income in Financing Children's College Attendance and Its Consequences." Journal of Human Resources, 2023.
  • Truskinovsky, Y., Wiemers, E. E., "Paid care among older adults with long-term care needs declined in the first year of COVID-19 while families stepped in." Health Affairs Scholar, 2023.
  • Carr, M. D., Moffitt, R. A. and Wiemers, E. E., "Reconciling Trends in Male Earnings Volatility: Evidence from the SIPP Survey and Administrative Data." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2023.
  • Moffitt, R., Abowd, J., Bollinger, C., Carr, M., Hokayem, C., McKinney, K., Wiemers, E. E., Zhang, S. and Ziliak, J., "Reconciling Trends in U.S. Male Earnings Volatility: Results from Survey and Administrative Data." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2023.
  • Carr, M. D., Wiemers, E. E., "The decline in long-term earnings mobility in the U.S.: Evidence from survey-linked administrative data." Labour Economics, 2022.
  • Schoeni, R. F., Wiemers, E. E., Seltzer, J. A. and Langa, K. M., "Political affiliation and risk taking behaviors among adults with elevated chance of severe complications from COVID–19." Preventive Medicine, 2021.
  • Schoeni, R. F., Wiemers, E. E., Seltzer, J. A. and Langa, K. M., "Association between Risk Factors for Complications from COVID-19, Perceived Chances of Infection and Complications, and Protective Behavior in the US." JAMA Network Open, 2021.
  • Carr, M. D., Wiemers, E. E., "The role of low earnings in differing trends in male earnings volatility." Economics Letters, 2021.
  • Wiemers, E. E., Carr, M. D., "Earnings instability and mobility over our working lives: Improving short- and long-term economic well-being for U.S. workers." Vision 2020: Evidence for a Stronger Economy, 2020.
  • Choi, H. J., Schoeni, R. F., Wiemers, E. E., Hotz, V. J. and Seltzer, J. A., "Spatial Distance Between Parents and Adult Children in the United States." Journal of Marriage and Family, 2020.
  • Albelda, R., Wiemers, E. E., Hahn, T., Khera, N., Salas Coronado, D. Y. and Abel, G. A., "Relationship between paid leave, financial burden, and patient-reported outcomes among employed patients who have undergone bone marrow transplantation." Quality of Life Research, 2019.
  • Park, S. S., Wiemers, E. E. and Seltzer, J. A., "The Family Safety Net of Black and White Multigenerational Families." Population and Development Review, 2019.
  • Wiemers, E. E., Seltzer, J. A., Schoeni, R. F., Hotz, V. J. and Bianchi, S. M., "Stepfamily Structure and Transfers Between Generations in U.S. Families." Demography, 2019.
• Book Chapter
  • Wiemers, E. E., Abrahams, S., AlFakhri, M., Hotz, V. J., Schoeni, R. F. and Seltzer, J. A., "Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States." In Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. , 2020.
• Encyclopedia Entry
  • Friedman, E., Wiemers, E. E., "Sandwich Generation." In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Gu, D., Dupre, M. E. (eds.) Springer Nature, 2019.
• Instructional Material
  • Wiemers, E. E., Abrahams, S., AlFakhri, M., Hotz, V. J., Schoeni, R. F. and Seltzer, J. A., "Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States." Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion Population Health Research Brief Series, 2020.

COVID-19 and Policy Conference: Looking Backward & Looking Forward, Syracuse University, "Age Differences in Older Adults’ Experiences of Pandemic-related Health and Economic Challenges" (2023 - 2023)

Population Association of America, "Age Differences in Older Adults’ Experiences of Pandemic-Related Health and Economic Challenges" (2023 - 2023)

CAPS Annual Conference, Syracuse University, "Children’s help to aging parents" (2023 - 2023)

Strauss, A. W., Michelmore, K., Wiemers, E. E., APPAM, "Does the EITC reduce caregiving for older parents?" (2023 - 2023)

University of Iowa Public Health Seminar, "Does the EITC reduce caregiving to parents? " (2023 - 2023)

SBECCC Annual Conference, "Family Correlations in Essential Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2023 - 2023)

Friedman, E., Wiemers, E. E., Populaiton Association of America, "Gender Differences in Caregiving Among Couples in the “Sandwich Generation”" (2023 - 2023)

NIA Demography of Family Caregiving Network Annual Meeting, "Linking HRS and PSID to Contextual Data Across Generations" (2023 - 2023)

American Economic Association, "The EITC and Intergenerational Transfers of Time and Money" (2023 - 2023)

Conference Honoring Hotz Contributions, "The EITC and Intergenerational Transfers of Time and Money" (2023 - 2023)

Lin, I., Wiemers, E. E., Population Association of America, "Time and Financial Help From Adult Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2023 - 2023)

Wiemers, E. E., Lin, I., Gerontological Society of America, "Time Help from Adult Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Variation by Parents’ Cognitive Functioning" (2023 - 2023)

Carr, ., Wiemers, E. E., Moffitt, R., Data Privacy Protection and the Conduct of Applied Research: Methods, Approaches and their Consequences, National Bureau of Economic Research, "Using Synthetic Data to Estimate Earnings Dynamics: Evidence from the SIPP GSF and SIPP" (2023 - 2023)

Cornell Brooks School Seminar Series (Invited), Population Association of America, Society of Labor Economists, Robert F. Schoeni Symposium (Invited), Demography of Family Caregiving Network (Invited), Panel Study of Income Dynamics Seminar Series (Invited), Gerontological Society of America, Upstate Population Workshop (2022)

Washington Center for Equitable Growth Medical Leave Workshop (Invited), NIA Demography of Family Caregiving Network (Invited), Upstate Population Workshop (2021)

American Economic Association, Duke University Labor Economics Seminar Series (Invited), Population Association of America Seminar Series (Invited), Panel Study of Income Dynamics Seminar Series (Invited), Washington Center for Equitable Growth Research Conference (Invited) (2020)

American Economic Association, Population Association of America, Brookings Institution Future of the Middle Class Initiative (Invited), NIA Impacts of the Second Demographic Transition on Mid- and Later-Life Health (Invited), Washington Center for Equitable Growth Measuring Income Volatility Workshop, Panel Study of Income Dynamics Users Conference, Upstate Population Workshop (2019)