About Us
One of six centers funded by the Social Security Administration
The Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) serves as a national resource fostering high-quality research, communication, and education related to Social Security, pension, and disability and retirement related policies. The MRDRC is one of four centers funded by the Social Security Administration as part of a consortium whose purpose is to benefit the public through three sets of activities:
Conduct research and develop research data
Disseminate information on retirement, disability, and SSA-related social policy
Train scholars and practitioners
History and Inception
The Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC), formerly the Retirement Research Consortium (RRC), consists of six multidisciplinary centers housed in six separate institutions: University of Michigan, Boston College, University of Wisconsin, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. In FY24, the City University of New York and University of Maryland-Baltimore County established new centers. The RDR centers are funded through cooperative agreements with the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSA’s Office of Research Evaluation and Statistics coordinates the consortium.
What We Do
The Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) promotes high quality research on retirement, disability, and Social Security policy; communicates findings to the policy community and the public; enhances access to relevant research data; and helps to train new scholars. MRDRC serves the public and policy community as an authoritative source of information on a range of issues related to disability policy and retirement income security. Read more about our research priorities and view current projects.