Yat‐Sang Lum

Biographic Data

ID6756537
NAMEYat‐Sang Lum
GIVEN NAMESYat‐Sang
FAMILY NAMELum
SIGNATURELUM Y S
AFFILIATIONSWashington University in St. Louis
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
H-INDEX2

  • The effect of health on retirement saving among older workers

    Yat‐Sang Lum, Y-S Lum et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2003Cited by: 4References: 4

    Using data from the first wave of the Health and Retirement Study, the authors investigated the association between health and retirement saving. The two most important findings were that (1) health has a large, significant effect on both the probability that a person nearing retirement age will contribute to an IRA and the amount of money that a person will hold in IRAs, and (2) a spouse's health has a large, significant effect on a person's acc…

  • The Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Use of Health Services by Older Americans

    Yat-Sang Lum, Yat‐Sang Lum et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research1999References: 24

    This study examined racial and ethnic differences in use of health services by white, African American, and Hispanic elderly. people. Using a national representative sample of elderly from the AHEAD study, we estimated a two-part model of health services utilization. We found that African American and Hispanic elderly were more likely to make physician visits than white elderly. Among those who made physician visits, Hispanic elderly made more vi…

  • Marital status and change in income status 10 years after retirement

    Martha N Ozawa, Yat‐Sang Lum et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research1998

    This article reports the findings of a study on the effect of marital status on the income status of people at retirement and 10 years later and the change in income status between these two points. The findings indicate that the income status of elderly people differs significantly, depending on their marital background both at retirement and 10 years later. Furthermore, marital background strongly affects the degree of change in income status d…

  • The effect of Medicaid coverage on use of health services by low-income elderly people

    Yat‐Sang Lum, Y-S Lum et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research1998Cited by: 2References: 5

    Journal Article The effect of Medicaid coverage on use of health services by low-income elderly people Get access Yat-sang Lum, MSW, Yat-sang Lum, MSW doctoral candidate George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hong-jer Chang, PhD Hong-jer Chang, PhD assistant professor Fu-…

  • How safe is the safety net for poor children

    Martha N Ozawa, Yat-Sang Lum et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research1996Cited by: 5

    As Congress cuts federal spending for public income transfers, the impact on children will become an important public issue. How much poorer will children become as a result? How will the current safety net be adversely affected? To shed light on these questions, this article presents findings from a study that investigated the effectiveness of the current safety net for poor children compared with poor adults and poor elderly people. It found th…