Retirement

The Role of Physical, Cognitive, and Interpersonal Occupational Requirements and Working Conditions on Disability and Retirement

• January 31, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Occupational Requirements Survey, Retirement

We examine of the role of physical and mental job requirements, as well as hazardous working conditions, on retirement and disability among older individuals in the United States. By linking occupation-level data on job requirements from the Occupational Requirements Survey…

Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Economic and Retirement Security

• January 31, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Disparities, Financial well-being, Labor force participation, Retirement

The COVID-19 pandemic had severe impacts on the U.S. labor market with particularly large effects on working women. We use longitudinal survey data from a nationally representative internet panel to (1) document the pandemic’s gendered effects on employment and short-term…

Job Demands, Time Use, and the Timing of Retirement

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Labor force participation, Retirement, Unretirement

A large body of research examines the role of job demands in determining the timing of retirement, with mixed findings. However, this research does not account for the potential sorting of individuals into jobs with different demands and examines work…

Racial and ethnic differences in job characteristics and patterns in disability retirement and Social Security retirement wealth

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Disparities, Health and Retirement Study, O*NET, Retirement

Using Health and Retirement Study data together with rich job characteristic data from O*NET, we will identify variables related to work context that characterize jobs based on levels of physiological and psychological stress. We will evaluate differences by race/ethnicity, explore…

The Role of Physical Job Demands and the Physical Work Environment in Retirement Outcomes

• June 6, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Labor force participation, O*NET, Occupational Requirements Survey, Older workers, Retirement

The Relationship Between Adverse Experiences Over the Life Course and Early Retirement Due to Disability

• June 3, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Health, Health and Retirement Study, Labor force participation, Retirement

Heterogeneity in Household Spending and Well-being around Retirement

• June 3, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Retirement, retirement savings

Is the Adjustment of Social Security Benefits Actuarially Fair, and If So, for Whom?

• April 13, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• benefit claiming, Mortality trends, Older workers, Retirement, Social Security

The Impacts of the Social Security Statement on Peoples’ Knowledge and Behavioral Intentions

• February 16, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• MySSA, Retirement, Social Security program communications

Social Security information can be complex but crucial for financial planning. The redesigned Social Security statement aims to better inform the public. We plan to assess the impact of the redesign on people’s understanding of Social Security, their interest in…

The Relationship Between Adverse Experiences Over the Life Course and Early Retirement Due to Disability

• February 8, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Disparities, Health and Retirement Study, Retirement

A growing body of research implicates life span adversity in later-life outcomes. We use data from the Life History Mail Survey (LHMS) with data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) core surveys to examine the relationship between adverse experiences…