Melissa A Hardy's Information
POSITION TITLE: Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Sociology; Director, Gerontology Center
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Individual and family issues involved in working at older ages; retirement; age discrimination; women's issues in old age; financial security in old age; techniques of data analysis (primarily quantitative, but not exclusively); gene-environment interaction.
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
2003-Present Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, and Professor of Sociology and Demography, The Pennsylvania State University
2003-Present Director, Gerontology Center, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of the Gerontological Society of America
1997- Editorial Board, Research on Aging
1998-2001 Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
2003-2005 Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
2005- Editorial Board, Sociological Methodology
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Hayward, M.D.
and
M.A. Hardy
(1985).
"Early Retirement Processes Among Older Men: Occupational Differences."
Research on Aging 7(4):491-515.
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Hayward, M.D.
,
M.A. Hardy
and
W.R. Grady
(1989).
"Labor Force Withdrawal Patterns Among a Cohort of Older Men in the United States."
Social Science Quarterly 70:425-448.
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Hayward, M.D.
,
W.R. Grady
,
M.A. Hardy
and
D. Sommers
(1989).
"Occupational Influences on Retirement, Disability and Death."
Demography 26(3):393-409.
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Hayward, M.D.
,
M.A. Hardy
and
M. Liu
(1994).
"Work After Retirement Among Older Men in the United States."
Social Science Research 23:82-107.
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Hirsch, B.T.
,
D.A. Macpherson
and
M.A. Hardy
(2000).
"Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older Workers: The Role of Compensation, Skills, and Working Conditions."
Industrial and Labor Relations Review 53(April):401-418.
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Reid, J.
and
M.A. Hardy
(2000).
"Multiple Roles and Well-Being Among Midlife Women: Testing Role Strain and Role Enhancement Theories."
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 56B(1):S329-339.
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Quadagno, J.
,
M.A. Hardy
and
L. Hazelrigg
(2003).
"Labour Market Transitions and the Erosion of the Fordist Lifecycle: Discarding Older Workers in the Automobile Manufacturing and Banking Industries in the United States."
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 28(4):640-651.
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Shuey, K.
and
M.A. Hardy
(2003).
"Assistance to Aging Parents and Parents-in-Law: Does Lineage Affect Family Allocation Decisions?."
Journal of Marriage and Family 65(2):418-431.
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Hardy, M.A.
(2004).
"Summarizing Distributions." In
Hardy, M.A.
and
A.E. Bryman
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Data Analysis.
London:
Sage Publications.
Hardy, M.A.
and
A.E. Bryman
(Eds.)
(2004).
Handbook of Data Analysis.
London:
Sage Publications.
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Hardy, M.A.
and
J. Reynolds
(2004).
"Incorporating Categorical Information into Regression Analysis." In
Hardy, M.A.
and
A.E. Bryman
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Data Analysis.
London:
Sage Publications.
Hardy, M.A.
(2006).
"Older Workers." In
Binstock, R.H.
and
L.K. George
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition.
San Diego:
Elsevier.
(pp. 201-218)
Danigelis, N.L.
,
M.A. Hardy
and
S.J. Cutler
(2007).
"Population Aging, Intracohort Aging, and Sociopolitical Attitudes."
American Sociological Review 72(5):812-830.
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Hardy, M.A.
and
L. Hazelrigg
(2007).
Pension Puzzles: Social Security and the Great Debate.
Russell Sage.
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Hardy, M.A.
(2008).
"Developing Interdisciplinary Approaches to Study Intergenerational Relationships." In
Booth, A.
,
A.C. Crouter
,
S. Bianchi
and
J. Seltzer
(Eds.)
, Intergenerational Caregiving.
Washington, DC:
The Urban Institute Press.
(pp. 67-80)
Wong, J.D.
and
M.A. Hardy
(2009).
"Women's Retirement Expectations: How Stable Are They?."
Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 64(1):77-86.
PMCID: PMC2654986??
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