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Susann Rohwedder

Santa Monica Office

Associate Director, RAND Center for the Study of Aging; Economist

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, University College London

Research Focus

Household spending; wealth; retirement; expectations; survey methods; saving adequacy; Social Security and pension policy

RAND Research Areas

Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Economic well-being at older ages
  • Expectation formation about retirement resources and retirement planning
  • Spending patterns of the older population
  • International comparisons of saving and retirement behavior
  • Measurement error in survey data

Selected Publications

Hurd, Michael D. und Susann Rohwedder, Trends in Pension Values among Workers Near Retirement, in Madrian, Mitchell und Soldo (eds) Transitioning to Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?, Oxford University Press, 2007

Susann Rohwedder et al., "Increases in Wealth Among the Elderly in the Early 1990s: How Much Is Due to Survey Design?", Review of Income and Wealth, 52(4), 2006

Rohwedder, Susann, Self-Assessed Retirement Outcomes: Determinants and Pathways, Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2006-141, 2006

Hurd, Michael D., and Susann Rohwedder, "Time-Use in the Older Population: Variation by Socio-economic Status and Health", Using Calendar and Diary Methodologies in Life Events Research (forthcoming), 2006

Orazio P. Attanasio and Susann Rohwedder, "Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the United Kingdom", American Economic Review, 93(5), 2003

Banks, James and Susann Rohwedder, "Life-cycle saving patterns and pension arrangements in the UK", Research in Economics, 55 83-107, 2001

Michael D. Hurd et al., in D. Wise, ed., "The Effect of Large Capital Gains or Losses on Retirement", Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2001

Research Focus

Economics of aging (in particular household consumption and saving, pensions, retirement, expectation formation); applied microeconomics; survey methods; Social Security and pension policy; saving adequacy

RAND Research Areas

Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Spending patterns of the older population
  • Life-cycle saving and adequacy of retirement resources
  • Expectation formation about retirement resources and retirement planning
  • International comparisons of saving and retirement behavior

Selected Publications

Susan Rohwedder, Adeline Delavande, "Eliciting Subjective Probabilities in Internet Surveys", Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(5) 866-891, 2008

Susan Rohwedder, Michael D. Hurd, "Time-Use in the Older Population: Variation by Socio-economic Status and Health", Using Calendar and Diary Methodologies in Life Events Research, 301-324, 2008

Susan Rohwedder, Michael D. Hurd, Trends in Pension Values among Workers Near Retirement in Transitioning to Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?, Oxford University Press, 2007

Susan Rohwedder, Steven J. Haider, Michael D. Hurd, "Increases in Wealth among the Elderly in the Early 1990s: How Much is Due to Survey Design?", Review of Income and Wealth, 52(4) 509-524, 2006

Susan Rohwedder, Self-Assessed Retirement Outcomes: Determinants and Pathways, Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2006-141, 2006

Susan Rohwedder, Arthur van Soest, The Impact of Misperceptions about Social Security on Saving and Well-Being, MRRC Working Paper No. 2006-118, 2006

Susan Rohwedder, Orazio Attanasio, "Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the U.K.", American Economic Review, (Dec) 1499-1521, 2003

Susan Rohwedder, James Banks, "Life-cycle saving patterns and pension arrangements in the UK", Research in Economics, 55 83-107, 2001

Research Focus

Economics of aging (in particular, household consumption and saving behavior, adequacy of retirement resources, expectation formation), survey methods

Recent Projects

  • Economic well-being at older ages
  • Economic preparation for retirement

Previous Positions

Research Scholar, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London

Selected Publications

"Trends in Pension Values Among Workers Near Retirement," Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder, in Brigitte Madrian et al., eds., Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? Oxford University Press, forthcoming

"Time-Use in the Older Population: Variation by Socio-economic Status and Health," Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder, in R.F. Belli et al., eds., Using Calendar and Diary Methodologies in Life Events Research, Sage Publications, forthcoming

"The Effect of Large Capital Gains or Losses on Retirement," Michael D. Hurd et al., in D. Wise, ed., Developments in the Economics of Aging, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming

"Increases in Wealth Among the Elderly in the Early 1990s: How Much Is Due to Survey Design?" Susann Rohwedder et al., Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 52, No. 4, Dec 2006

"Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the United Kingdom," Orazio P. Attanasio and Susann Rohwedder, American Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 5, Dec 2003

Languages

German, French

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