2021
Underfunded Public Sector Pension Plans, Social Security Participation, and the Retirement Decisions of Public Employees
rb420 , UM20-05
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Is the Adjustment of Social Security Benefits Actuarially Fair, and If So, for Whom?
rb421 , UM20-06
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Heterogeneity in Self-Employment and the Transition to Retirement among Older Adults in the United States
rb423 , UM21-14
The fraction of workers who are self-employed increases with age, but the types of self-employment that older workers do and the effects of this work on their well-being is not well understood. This project examines such heterogeneity by considering how…
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Workplace Injuries and Receipt of Benefits from Workers Compensation and SSDI*
rb424 , UM21-16
We use data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and matched Social Security Administration (SSA) data to study two questions. First, we examine evidence on whether workers who suffer permanently disabling injuries covered by workers’ compensation (WC) subsequently end…
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Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans in OregonSaves
rb425 , UM19-03
Oregon recently launched an automatic-enrollment retirement savings program for private sector workers lacking access to other workplace retirement plans. We analyze participation choices, account balances, and inflow/outflow data using administrative records between August 2018 and April 2020. Within the small-…
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The Early Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Americans’ Economic Security
rb426 , UM21-11
The COVID-19 pandemic has had enormous effects on the U.S. economy and may have had serious negative repercussions for many Americans’ financial stability. We use longitudinal survey data from a nationally representative internet panel, the Understanding America Study, to examine…
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Heterogeneity in Household Spending and Well-being around Retirement
rb427 , UM21-13
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Mixed-methods Study to Understand Use of the my Social Security Online Platform
rb428 , UM21-08
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