Promoting research on retirement, disability, and Social Security policy

Recent publications

Setting Expectations for Claimant Ability to Work: Investigating the Occupational Requirements and Functional Capacity of Workers with Early Onset Health Conditions
Andrew J. Houtenville, Deniz Ozabaci
Estimating the Effects of the Totalization Agreements
Ananth Seshadri
Interest Rate Trends in a Global Context
Dmitriy Stolyarov, Linda Tesar
Trends in Health and Mortality Inequalities in the United States
Péter Hudomiet, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations
Italo Lopez Garcia, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen
How Reliant are Older Americans on State and Local Government Pensions?
Philip Armour, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
How Would 401(k) ‘Rothification’ Alter Saving, Retirement Security, and Inequality?
Vanya Horneff, Raimond H. Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell
The Growth and Geographical Variation of Nursing Home Self-Pay Prices
Sean Shenghsiu Huang, Richard Hirth, Jane Banaszak-Holl, Stephanie Yuan
Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till M. von Wachter, Jeffrey Wenger
Estimating the Effects of the Totalization Agreements
Ananth Seshadri
Interest Rate Trends in a Global Context
Dmitriy Stolyarov, Linda Tesar
Trends in Health and Mortality Inequalities in the United States
Péter Hudomiet, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
Latent Work Capacity and Retirement Expectations
Italo Lopez Garcia, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen
How Reliant are Older Americans on State and Local Government Pensions?
Philip Armour, Michael Hurd, Susann Rohwedder
How Would 401(k) ‘Rothification’ Alter Saving, Retirement Security, and Inequality?
Vanya Horneff, Raimond H. Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell

Also of interest

Fall newsletter covers RDRC training opportunities, FY20 projects

MRDRC’s fall newsletter details fellowships and grants available for early-career researchers, FY20 projects, and researcher news. Read it here.

Junior scholars & PhD candidates: Applications open for Sandell Grant and Dissertation Fellowship programs

Funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration, the annual Sandell Grant offers up to three $45,000 grants allowing junior scholars to pursue research projects in, for example, retirement income, older workers, population disability incidence, or retirement well-being.

Also funded by SSA, the Fellowship Program awards up to three $28,000 fellowships to doctoral candidates focusing on retirement issues and enrolled in an accredited U.S. program.

The programs are administered by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. For more information on these opportunities and to apply, visit the Sandell page or the fellowship program page.

Deadline for both programs is January 31, 2020.

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.

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.