Promoting research on retirement, disability, and Social Security policy
Recent publications
- Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, David Powell, Till M. von Wachter, Jeffrey Wenger - Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, David Powell, Till M. von Wachter, Jeffrey Wenger - 2019 RDRC Meeting: Trends in Disability and the Use of Disability Insurance
John Bound, Robert Schoeni, Timothy Waidmann - 2019 RDRC Meeting: The Impact of the Great Recession on SSDI Awards: A Birth Cohort Analysis
- Social Security Coverage around the World: The Case of China and Mexico
Francisco Perez-Arce, Maria Prados, Erik Meijer, Jinkook Lee - Investigating the Difference in Mortality Estimates between the Social Security Administration Trustees’ Report and the Human Mortality Database
Magali Barbieri - Is the Affordable Care Act Affecting Retirement Yet?
Helen Levy, Thomas Buchmueller, Sayeh Nikpay - Feasibility and Reliability of Automated Coding of Occupation in the Health and Retirement Study
Brooke Helppie McFall, Amanda Sonnega - How Well Can Medicare Records Identify Seniors with Cognitive Impairment Needing Assistance with Financial Management?
David Weir, Kenneth Langa - Relative Sizes of Age Cohorts and Labor Force Participation of Older Workers
David Neumark, Maysen Yen - Local Economic Hardship and Its Role in Life Expectancy Trends
John Bound, Arline Geronimus, Timothy Waidmann, Javier Rodriguez - Addition to the RAND HRS Longitudinal Files: IRA Withdrawals in the HRS, 2000 to 2014
Michael Hurd, Erik Meijer, Philip Pantoja, Susann Rohwedder - Assessing Economic Resources in Retirement: The Role of Irregular Withdrawals from Tax-Advantaged Retirement Accounts
Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder - Addressing Social Security’s Solvency While Promoting High Labor Force Participation
John Laitner - The Decline in the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate
Francisco Perez-Arce, Maria Prados, Tarra Kohli
Also of interest
Join us for the 21st Annual SSA Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Meeting
On Thursday, August 1, and Friday, August 2, The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., hosts presentations of 2019 research projects from The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center, the NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center.
The schedule includes keynote speakers Ron Haskins, Brookings, and Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute.
The event is free, but registration is required.
If you can’t attend in person, the meeting will also be webcast. Please register for the webcast.
Spring workshops bring researchers to Ann Arbor
MRDRC’s annual researcher workshop took an international turn this year. Read about it in our quarterly newsletter: http://bit.ly/MRDRC2019SpringNews
MRDRC announces funded 2019 projects
The Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center awards yearlong research grants to researchers across the nation, the United Kingdom, Asia, and Europe. Visit MRDRC’s Project Page for a list of funded 2019 research, which ranges from investigations of disability insurance use to public pension design.
To align with its new name, the MRDRC has updated its logos, website url, and email address. Email addresses for center staff remain the same, and the MRRC url and email address will redirect to their new equivalents.
New url: https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/
New email address: mrdrcumich@umich.edu
Materials from the 2018 RRC Meeting available
Slides and papers from this year’s Retirement Research Consortium Meeting are posted.
View the agenda and materials here: http://bit.ly/2018RRCmaterials
Financial Security Research Symposium webcast available
Co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Social Security Administration, this event featured four panels of academic, nonprofit, and governmental experts addressing issues surrounding financial preparedness and retirement security.
If you missed the symposium, the webcast is now available. The schedule is also available.
Link for Panel 1 slides: Assessing Financial Preparedness & Retirement Security
Link for Panel 2 slides: Understanding Social Security
Link for Panel 3 slides: Other Sources of Financial Security
Link for Panel 4 slides: Future Directions for Research
Link for keynote slides: William E. Spriggs