Promoting research on retirement, disability, and Social Security policy

Recent publications

The Early Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Americans’ Economic Security
Marco Angrisani, Jeremy Burke, Arie Kapteyn
Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans in OregonSaves
John Chalmers, Olivia S. Mitchell, Jonathan Reuter, Mingli Zhong
Workplace Injuries and Receipt of Benefits from Workers Compensation and SSDI*
David Neumark, Daniel Ladd
Heterogeneity in Self-Employment and the Transition to Retirement among Older Adults in the United States
Joelle Abramowitz
Is the Adjustment of Social Security Benefits Actuarially Fair, and If So, for Whom?
Irena Dushi, Leora Friedberg, Anthony Webb
Underfunded Public Sector Pension Plans, Social Security Participation, and the Retirement Decisions of Public Employees
Leslie Papke
The Causes and Consequences of Opioid Use among Older Americans: A Panel Survey Approach
Philip Armour, Rosanna Smart
Consumer Credit Events Before and After Dementia Diagnosis
Lauren Nicholas, Joanne Hsu
Work Capacity Assessments for Disability Benefit Determinations: An International Comparison
Lila Rabinovich
The Role of Physical Job Demands and the Physical Work Environment in Retirement Outcomes
Italo Lopez Garcia, Kathleen J. Mullen, Jeffrey Wenger
On the Distribution and Dynamics of Medical Expenditure Among the Elderly
Karolos Arapakis, Eric French, John Bailey Jones, Jeremy McCauley
The Relationship Between Adverse Experiences Over the Life Course and Early Retirement Due to Disability
Amanda Sonnega, Brooke Helppie McFall
Mixed Methods Analysis of Consumer Fraud Reports of the Social Security Administration Impostor Scam
Marguerite DeLiema, Paul Witt
The Lifetime Risk of Spousal Nursing Home Use and its Economic Impact on the Community-Dwelling Spouse
Susann Rohwedder, Péter Hudomiet, Michael Hurd
Estimating the Impact of Missing Totalization Agreements
Ananth Seshadri, Junjie Guo

Also of interest

Workshop coverage and new working papers posted

MRDRC’s spring newsletter contains highlights from the annual Researcher Workshop and some of the latest working papers. Read the newsletter here.

MRDRC offers funding for summer workshops

Three funding awards for either the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) Summer Workshop or the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Data User Workshop and one award for an Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) session are available. Because most sessions are remote this year (ICPSR is hybrid; see below for details), the funding covers tuition expenses for the programs. All are invited to apply for the funding; members of under-represented communities are encouraged to apply. Visit our Summer Funding page for details.

Deadline for MRDRC’s funding applications is March 31, 2022.

Miss the 2021 SSA Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Meeting?

Researchers from SSA’s four Retirement and Disability Research Centers presented their latest work in a virtual format, Thursday, August 5, and Friday, August 6. The agenda, slides, written summaries, and recordings of the presentations are available on the Center for Financial Security’s meeting page.

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.