UM18-Q2: Declining Labor Force Participation in the USA
We will produce a comprehensive review of literature investigating the causes of the recent decline in the age-adjusted labor force participation rate. The review will include works from the academic literature as well as the gray literature from research institutes…
UM18-Q3: Addition to the RAND HRS Longitudinal Files: IRA Withdrawals in the HRS, 2000-2016
IRAs are widely held: 54 percent of married persons and 32 percent of single persons reported owning such accounts. Withdrawals from IRAs could be an important financial resource to fund consumption in retirement. Even though data on such withdrawals has…
UM18-Q4: Assessing Economic Resources in Retirement: The Role of Withdrawals from Tax-Advantaged Retirement Accounts
Tax-advantaged saving is an important resource to finance consumption in retirement. In a DB world, contributions from pensions can be assessed in household surveys because they typically provide a regular stream of income. An assessment in a DC world is…
UM18-Q5: A Meta-Analysis of the Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate
This project explores the causes behind the recent decline in the Labor Force Participation (LFP) rate. The analysis will examine the evolution of the LFP rate for different demographic groups to gauge the effect of demographic changes. An integral part…
UM18-04: Is the Affordable Care Act Affecting Retirement Yet?
In creating new alternatives to employer-sponsored health insurance, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might, it was thought, reduce labor supply. Somewhat surprisingly, a number of studies so far have failed to find evidence of such a reduction. The present work…