Linda G Martin

Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation

PhD, Princeton University
MPA, Princeton University
BA, Harvard University

For over 25 years, Dr. Martin has conducted research on population aging in the U.S. and Asia. Her work has ranged from the labor force consequences of aging to the living arrangements of older people and, most recently, to trends in their health.

She has served as a scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Medicine, president of the Population Council, vice president of RAND, director of the National Research Council’s Committee on Population, and research associate at the East-West Center in Honolulu.

Email Address
703-413-1100, ext. 5465

Related Publications

Freedman VA, Martin LG, Cornman J, Agree E, and Schoeni RF. 2009. Trends in Assistance with Daily Activities: Racial/ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist in the U.S. Older Population. in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, Editors: David M. Cutler and David A. Wise. Pp. 411-438. University of Chicago Press. (Earlier version appeared as TRENDS Working Paper 05-2.)

Martin LG, Freedman VA, Schoeni RF, and Andreski P. 2009. Health and Functioning of the Baby Boom Approaching 60. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (Forthcoming.)

Schoeni RF, Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 2009. Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparities in Trends in Old-age Disability. in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, Editors: David M. Cutler and David A. Wise. Pp. 75-102. University of Chicago Press. (Earlier version appeared as TRENDS Working Paper 05-1.)

Freedman VA, Martin LG, Schoeni RF, and Cornman J. 2008. Declines in Late-life Disability: The Role of Early- and Mid-life Factors. Social Science and Medicine 66(7):1588-1602.

Schoeni RF, Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 2008. Why is Late-life Disability Declining? Milbank Quarterly 86(1):47-87.

Freedman VA, Schoeni RF, Martin LG, and Cornman J. 2007. Chronic Conditions and the Decline in Late-Life Disability. Demography 44(3):459-477. (Earlier version appeared as TRENDS Working Paper 06-5.)

Martin LG, Schoeni RF, Freedman VA, and Andreski P. 2007. Feeling Better? Trends in General Health Status. Journal of Gerontology 62:S11-S2.

Freedman VA, Agree E, Martin LG, Cornman J. 2006. Trends in the Use of Assistive Technology and Personal Care for Late-Life Disability, 1992–2001. The Gerontologist (46(1): 124-127.)

Schoeni RF, Martin LG, Andreski P, Freedman VA. 2005. Persistent and Growing Disparities in Disability Among the Elderly: 1982-2002. American Journal of Public Health (95(11):2065-2070.)

Freedman VA, Crimmins EM, Schoeni RF, Spillman BC, Aykan H, Kramarow E, Land K, Lubitz J, Manton KG, Martin LG, Shinberg D, Waidmann TA. 2004. Resolving Inconsistencies in Trends in Old-Age Disability: Report From a Technical Working Group. Demography 41(3):417-41.

Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 2003. Beyond inconsistent results: Finding the truth about trends in late-life cognitive functioning. Commentary on ‘Trends in scores on tests of cognitive ability in the elderly U.S. population, 1993-2000. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences 58B(6): S347-S348.

Freedman VA, Aykan H, Martin LG. 2002. Another look at aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment: Cumulative effects of three survey design issues. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (57B(2):5126-5131.)

Freedman VA, Martin LG, and Schoeni RF. 2002. Recent Trends in Disability and Functioning Among Older Americans: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association 288: 3137 - 3146.

Zimmer Z, Martin LG, and Chang M. 2002. Changes in Functional Limitations and Survival Among the Elderly in Taiwan: 1993, 1996, and 1999. Population Studies 56(3):265-276.

Freedman VA, Aykan H, and Martin LG. 2001. Aggregate changes in severe cognitive impairment among older Americans: 1993 and 1998. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 56B(2):100-111.

Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 2000. Contribution of chronic conditions to aggregate changes in old-age functioning. American Journal of Public Health 90(11):1755-1760.

Aykan H, Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 1999. Re-weighting the Second Supplement on Aging to the 1994 National Health Interview Survey for trend analyses. RAND Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series DRU-2066-NIA.

Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 1999. The role of education in explaining and forecasting trends in functional limitations among older Americans. Demography 36(4):461-473.

Freedman VA, and Martin LG. 1998. Understanding trends in functional limitations among older Americans. American Journal of Public Health 88(10):1457-1462.