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2020-6: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on DI Participation

Gary V. Engelhardt

2020-5: Scheduling Uncertainty and Employment of Young Adults with Disabilities

Dara Lee Luca and Purvi Sevak

2020-4: Wages and the Value of Nonemployment

Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer, Samuel Young and Josef Zweimüller

2020-3: The Equilibrium and Spillover Effects of Early Retirement

Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer and Josef Zweimüller

2020-2: Measuring Racial/Ethnic Retirement Wealth Inequality

Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2020-1: A Study of Longitudinal Trajectories of Health and Job Demand on Retirement Age

Amal Harrati and David Rehkopf

2019-15: Participation and Pre-Retirement Withdrawals in Oregon’s Auto-IRA

Laura D. Quinby, Wenliang Hou, Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2019-14: Why Are 401(k)/IRA Balances Substantially Below Potential?

Andrew D. Biggs, Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2019-13: How Best to Annuitize Defined Contribution Assets?

Alicia Munnell, Gal Wettstein and Wenliang Hou

2019-12: How Do Older Workers Use Nontraditional Jobs?

Alicia Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Abigail N. Walters

2019-10: Will More Workers Have Nontraditional Jobs as Globalization and Automation Spread?

Matthew Rutledge, Gal Wettstein and Sara Ellen King

2019-9: Do States Adjust Medicaid Enrollment in Response to Capitation Rates? Evidence from the Medicare Part D Clawback

Laura D. Quinby and Gal Wettstein

2019-8: The Effect of Medicare Part D on Evergreening, Generic Entry, and Drug Prices

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Gal Wettstein

2019-7: Is the Drop in Fertility Due to the Great Recession or a Permanent Change?

Alicia Munnell, Anqi Chen and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2019-6: Will Fewer Children Boost Demand for Formal Caregiving?

Gal Wettstein and Alice Zulkarnain

2019-5: The Relationship between Occupational Requirements and SSDI Activity

Matthew Rutledge, Alice Zulkarnain and Sara Ellen King

2019-4: How Does Contingent Work Affect SSDI Benefits?

Matthew Rutledge, Alice Zulkarnain and Sara Ellen King

2019-03: Do Pension Cuts for Current Employees Increase Separation?

Laura D. Quinby and Gal Wettstein

2019-2: Competition, Asymmetric Information, and the Annuity Puzzle: Evidence from a Government-Run Exchange in Chile

Gaston Illanes and Manisha Padi

2019-1: Failure to Contribute: An Estimate of the Consequences of Non- and Underpayment of Self-Employment Taxes by Independent Contractors and On-Demand Workers on Social Security

Caroline Bruckner and Thomas L. Hungerford

2018-14: How Much Income Do Retirees Actually Have? Evaluating the Evidence from Five National Datasets

Anqi Chen, Alicia Munnell and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2018-13: The Minimum Wage and Incentives for Full-Time Work Under the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test

Gary V. Engelhardt

2018-12: Would Greater Awareness of Social Security Survivor Benefits Affect Claiming Decisions?

Anek Belbase and Laura D. Quinby

2018-11: How Does Delayed Retirement Affect Mortality and Health?

Alice Zulkarnain and Matthew Rutledge

2018-3: Exploring the Rise of Mortgage Borrowing among Older Americans

J. Michael Collins, Erik Hembre and Carly Urban

2018-2: How Might Earnings Patterns and Interactions among Certain Provisions in OASDI Solvency Packages Affect Financing and Distributional Goals?

Melissa M. Favreault

2018-02: An Analysis of Retirement Models to Improve Portability and Coverage

Alicia Munnell, Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2018-1: Distributional Effects of Alternative Strategies for Financing Long-Term Services and Supports and Assisting Family Caregivers

Melissa M. Favreault and Richard W. Johnson

2018-01: The New Hampshire Retirement System: A Look Backward and Forward

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

2017-18: How to Pay for Social Security’s Missing Trust Fund?

Alicia Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2017-17: Retirement Prospects for the Millennials: What is the Early Prognosis?

Richard W. Johnson, Karen E. Smith, Damir Cosic and Claire Xiaozhi Wang

2017-16: Mom and Dad We’re Broke, Can You Help? A Comparative Study of Financial Transfers Within Families Before and After the Great Recession

Mary K. Hamman, Daniela Hochfellner and Pia Homrighausen

2017-15: Homeownership, Social Insurance, and Old-Age Security in the United States and Europe

Stipica Mudrazija and Barbara Butrica

2017-14: How Much Does Motherhood Cost Women in Social Security Benefits?

Matthew Rutledge, Alice Zulkarnain and Sara Ellen King

2017-13: How Much Does Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending Eat Away at Retirement Income?

Melissa McInerney, Matthew Rutledge and Sara Ellen King

2017-12: Can Knowledge Empower Women to Save More for Retirement?

Drew M. Anderson and J. Michael Collins

2017-11: Dementia, Help with Financial Management, and Well-Being

Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2017-10: The Behavioral and Consumption Effects of Social Security Changes

Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2017-9: Family Transfers With Retirement-Aged Adults in the United States: Kin Availability, Wealth Differentials, Geographic Proximity, Gender, and Racial Disparities

Ashton M. Verdery, Jonathan Daw, Colin Campbell and Rachel Margolise

2017-8: Guardianship and the Representative Payee Program

Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2017-7: The Relative Effects of Economic and Non-Economic Factors on Taxpayers’ Preferences Between Front-Loaded and Back-Loaded Retirement Savings Plans

Andrew D. Cuccia, Marcus M. Doxey and Shane R. Stinson

2017-6: Social Security and Total Replacement Rates in Disability and Retirement

Mashfiqur R. Khan, Matthew Rutledge and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2017-5: An Experimental Analysis of Modifications to the Survivor Benefit Information Within the Social Security Statement

Jeffrey Diebold and Susan Camilleri

2017-4: Actuarial Inputs and the Valuation of Public Pension Liabilities and Contribution Requirements: A Simulation Approach

Gang Chen and David S. T. Matkin

2017-3: Why Are U.S. Households Claiming Social Security Later?

Wenliang Hou, Alicia Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Yinji Li

2017-2: Rising Inequality in Life Expectancy by Socioeconomic Status

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Anthony Webb, Candace M. Cosgrove and Natalia S. Orlova

2017-1: The Effect of Job Mobility on Retirement Timing by Education

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Steven A. Sass and Christopher M. Gillis

2017-01: Multiemployer Pension Plans: Current Status and Future Trends

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

2016-17: Would Reducing the Price of Employing an Older Worker Improve Labor Market Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status? Evidence from Health Insurance Premium Restrictions

Matthew Rutledge and Caroline V. Crawford

2016-16: The Impact of Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform on Labor Mobility

Norma Coe, Wenliang Hou, Alicia Munnell, Patrick J. Purcell and Matthew Rutledge