Ariel Azar

ORCID: 0000-0002-4868-8081
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Research Areas
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Urbanization and City Planning
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

University of Chicago
2017-2024

Purdue University West Lafayette
2024

South University
2023

Millennium Science Initiative
2019-2021

Universidad Mayor
2021

Center for Climate and Resilience Research
2018

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2015-2017

Diego Portales University
2012

Using a nationally representative household sample, we sought to better understand types of medical mistrust as driver COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. We used survey responses conduct latent class analysis classify respondents into categories and explained this classification function sociodemographic attitudinal variables using multinomial logistic regression models. then estimated the probability agreeing receive conditional on their category. extracted five-class solution represent trust. The...

10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.016 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Vaccine 2023-03-13

Individual, social and environmental determinants of overweight obesity among Chilean adolescentsBackground: In Chile, are pressing issues in public health.Aim: To identify individual, factors that affect the likelihood adolescents to become or obese.Material Methods: We used physical condition data a sample 900 urban eighth grade students from Santiago, obtained 2011 National Study Physical Education.This information was complemented with georeferenced place residence environment which they...

10.4067/s0034-98872015000500007 article EN Revista médica de Chile 2015-05-01

Latin American educational policy has relied on the assumption that better preparation can help school leaders improve their professional performance, thus improving quality of schools. Training programs for present or future have proliferated in region, often publicly financed, but without enough evidence impact. Using data seven countries from Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (TERCE), we seek to determine association between leaders’ formal education training received, with...

10.1177/1741143217728083 article EN Educational Management Administration & Leadership 2017-09-18

Abstract Past scholars find that there is a public consensus in the United States on traits of ideal immigrants. Nevertheless, also perceived actual immigrants living country? Further, are these perceptions attitudinally consequential? We no among whites composition immigrant population States. they perceive correlated specific stereotypical patterns we label “immigrant archetypes.” Using latent class analysis, five archetypes. Two them extreme—one represents high-status, documented...

10.1093/sf/soac113 article EN Social Forces 2022-10-06

Objective: This study analyzes the dynamic association between retirement sequences and activities of daily living (ADLs) trajectories ages 60 70. Method: Retirement previously established for 7,880 older Americans from Health Study were used in hierarchical linear propensity score full matching models, analyzing their with ADL trajectories. Results: Sequences partial full- or part-time jobs showed higher baseline slower decline than characterized by early labor force disengagement....

10.1177/0898264318782096 article EN Journal of Aging and Health 2018-06-28

Objectives: Over the last decade, an increasing number of empirical studies have examined long-term patterns depression among adults around retirement age and identified employment status as a crucial determinant. However, most research has associations between cross-sectional measures prospective patterns, overlooking changing nature statuses, particularly close to age. Furthermore, knowledge in this field comes from conducted developed countries Western Europe North America. To address...

10.1080/13607863.2021.1929065 article EN Aging & Mental Health 2021-06-21

Abstract Non‐standard forms of employment, such as self‐employment, are among the most prevalent routes for older people to access workforce. While financial benefits any form self‐employment in later life have been widely acknowledged, less is known about their impact on health. This study explores association between and 16 health outcomes with different social stratification characteristics Chile, a developing country experiencing rapid population ageing. We rely rich representative...

10.1111/1467-9566.13609 article EN Sociology of Health & Illness 2023-01-20

Despite the great advances of life course epidemiology studies during last decade in understanding general health effects employment trajectories, research has yet to evaluate trajectories along with other major risk factors, such as tobacco and alcohol consumption, on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)-the main cause deaths worldwide. This is highly relevant, since advantages one domain (e.g., being a permanent formal full-time worker) may offset disadvantages domains regular smoker or...

10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100737 article EN cc-by-nc-nd SSM - Population Health 2021-01-25

Chronic disease and multimorbidity are growing health challenges for aging populations, often coinciding with retirement. We examine late-life predictors of multimorbidity, focusing on the association between retirement sequences number chronic diseases. modeled diseases as a function six types previously identified 10-year using Health Retirement Study (HRS) data 7,880 Americans observed ages 60 to 61 70 71. Our results show that at baseline, adjusted prevalence was lowest in characterized...

10.1177/07334648211031038 article EN Journal of Applied Gerontology 2021-07-16

Objective This study analyzes which characteristics of pension recipients are taken into account when evaluating the fairness pensions. Furthermore, it identifies some respondents’ and preferences that could be related to justice evaluation different amounts. Methods A factorial survey was designed simultaneously analyze association recipients’ with pensions’ evaluation. Results Findings indicate although there is a consensual demand for larger pensions, still believed pensions should...

10.1111/ssqu.12539 article EN Social Science Quarterly 2018-10-18

This study employs multichannel sequence analysis of data from the Survey Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe to explore variations association between work–family life trajectories women’s mental health across European cohorts born 1924 1965 within different policy contexts. It finds that characterized by prolonged employment delayed familial commitments are generally associated with increased depressive symptoms. Notably, strength this varies significantly is notably moderated...

10.1177/00221465241265435 article EN Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2024-07-31

Abstract This study compares the health, income, and housing situation of same-sex opposite-sex households in United States England. The research uses data from English Longitudinal Study Ageing (ELSA) U.S. Health Retirement (HRS) to examine how these inequalities change over time. shows that individuals both countries face distinct challenges chronic health conditions, mental status, economic well-being. We argue are due interaction between life transitions varying policy, legislative,...

10.1093/geroni/igae098.0112 article EN cc-by Innovation in Aging 2024-12-01

Abstract Although a significant amount of research has addressed the negative relationships loneliness and social isolation with health in old age, mechanisms linking them to outcomes are not fully understood. While some argue that behaviors may account for these associations, previous adequately contextualized between loneliness, isolation, health. Given variations across different contexts, it is imperative understand how institutional contexts moderate detrimental effects both isolation....

10.1093/geroni/igae098.1537 article EN cc-by Innovation in Aging 2024-12-01

This life course study has two aims. First, to explore how diverse employment trajectories across adulthood are related older people's mental health in Chile, a country with no research this field, and second, analyze these associations before after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. We use data from nationally-representative longitudinal 'Chilean Social Protection Survey' sequence analysis reconstruct trajectory types, bivariate multivariate analyses measure their association depressive...

10.3390/ijerph192113936 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022-10-26

La simpleza de los rankings mundiales la felicidad ha facilitado su acogida en debates sobre políticas públicas, que están deseosos por incorporar nuevas medidas del bienestar las sociedades. Lamentablemente, éstos han sido interpretados forma poco cuidadosa, tratando diferencias entre países como si tuvieran una certeza práctica no tienen. En presente Clave Política Pública mostramos es posible reconocer incertidumbre estos utilizando intervalos confianza para promedios nacionales y...

10.2139/ssrn.2308893 article ES SSRN Electronic Journal 2012-01-01
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