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
Health Reform Key Findings, 2014-2018
Longer Work Key Findings, 2014-2018
Social Security Reform Key Findings, 2014-2018
2018 Key Findings
2019 RDRC Meeting: Trends in Disability and the Use of Disability Insurance
John Bound, Robert Schoeni, Timothy Waidmann, HwaJung Choi
2019 RDRC Meeting: The Impact of the Great Recession on SSDI Awards: A Birth Cohort Analysis
Michael Anderson, Yonatan Ben-Shalom, David Stapleton, Emily Roessel
2019 RDRC Meeting: Changing Labor Markets and Mental Illness: Impacts on Work and Disability
Richard G. Frank, Sherry Glied, Keith Marple
2019 RDRC Meeting: Forecasting Survival by Socioeconomic Status and Implications for Social Security Benefits
Peter Hudomiet, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
2019 RDRC Meeting: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on DI Participation
Gary V. Engelhardt
2019 RDRC Meeting: A Meta-analysis of the Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate
Ananth Seshadri
2019 RDRC Meeting: Trends in Retirement Income Adequacy: Evidence from IRS Tax Data
John Beshears, James Choi, David Laibson, Shanthi P. Ramnath
2019 RDRC Meeting: The Impacts of Payday Loan Use on the Financial Well-being of OASDI and SSI Beneficiaries
Haydar Kurban, Nyanya Browne, Bahareh Eftekhari
2019 MRDRC Meeting: Inattentive Households and Consumption Declines during Retirement
Sheng Guo, Jonathan Skinner, Stephen P. Zeldes

Also of interest

21st Annual SSA Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Meeting

The 2019 RDRC meeting was held Thursday, August 1, and Friday, August 2, at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Papers, abstracts, and slides for most projects presented are now posted.

The schedule included keynote speakers Ron Haskins, Brookings, and Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute.

Join us next year on August 6 & 7 (tentative) for the 22nd Annual RDRC Meeting.

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

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.