Joel Leon

Biographic Data

ID4268807
NAMEJoel Leon
GIVEN NAMESJoel
FAMILY NAMELeon
SIGNATURELEON J
AFFILIATIONSGeorge Washington University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
H-INDEX1

  • Health Utilities in Alzheimer's Disease

    Peter J Neumann, Karen M Kuntz et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1999References: 21

    OBJECTIVES: Although the broad impacts of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are increasingly recognized, little work has focused on the overall health-related quality of life experienced by Alzheimer's disease patients and their caregivers. The study had two main objectives: (1) to test the feasibility of measuring health utilities in Alzheimer's disease with a generic preference-weighted instrument using proxy respondents and (2) to assess the utility sc…

  • Household Income of Retired Social Workers

    Martha N Ozawa, Joel Leon et al.ARTICLESocial Work1988Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Household Income of Retired Social Workers Get access Martha N. Ozawa, Martha N. Ozawa Martha N. Ozawa, PhD, is Bettie Bofinger Brown Professor of Social Policy, The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130. Joel Leon, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Nancy Morrow-Howell, DSW, is Assistant Prof essor, and Christopher Rice is PhD candidate, George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Search f…

  • The Family as an Income Source for the Older Adult

    Nancy Morrow-Howell, Joel LeonARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research1987

    There is little attention given to the issue of the family as a source of income for the older adult. Yet this is a topic of increasing importance with the current funding problems in the Social Security system. This article presents an empirical analysis of family contributions to the income of adults in or near retirement. Findings confirm that the within-family transfer of money is rarely a source of income for the older adult. Those who recei…

  • The Aging

    Joel Leon, Bennett M Rich et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1986

    This book provides a comprehensive analysis of federal programs for the aging, and their origins. Landmark federal legislation affecting the aging was enacted in the 1930s, and the intervening decades have witnesses a dramatic increase in the number and scope of programs. But far from constituting a cohesive national policy for the elderly, the many programs reflect the particular political and social conditions surrounding their origin and imple…

  • Economics

    Open AccessJoel LeonARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1986

  • The effects of labor market segmentation on economic resources in retirement

    Open AccessJoel LeonARTICLESocial Science Research1985Cited by: 2References: 32

  • Predictors of Success in a Social Work Doctoral Program

    Norma Radin, Rami Benbenishty et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1982References: 2

    A study was conducted to determine the preentry data predictive of academic success for 232 students who entered a doctoral program in social work and social science between 1957 and 1973. Predictions were better for females and students entering without an M.S.W. degree, for whom one-third of the variance in school performance was explained, than for males and those entering with an M.S.W. System variables influenced the predictions but scores o…