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Archived as of September 23, 2005

The RAND Center for Employer-Sponsored Health and Pension Benefits conducts economic and related applied research studies across the array of employee benefits issues and topics that reflect the policy interests of the Department of Labor and its Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA). The PWBA has special responsibility for protecting the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits and for developing policies and laws that encourage the growth of employment-based benefits and deter and correct violation of the relevant statutes.

Research agenda

Examples of recent studies conducted within the Center include:

The Changing Role of Private Pensions in Providing Income Security During Retirement
Research on Gender Differences in Access to Employer-Sponsored Benefits Among Older Workers
Health Insurance and Retirement Among Older Women Workers
Cashing Out Tax-Protected Retirement Accounts
The Effects of Large Capital Gains on Work and Consumption
Health Insurance and Local Labor Market Conditions
Pooled Purchasing and Self-Insured Employers
Understanding the Legal Implications of Erisa Reform
Coverage Decisionmaking in Managed Care Organizations

Conferences and meeting

In January, the Center sponsored a Conference on Retirement Research and Public Policy. The presentations and discussions focused on the role of employment-based benefits on income security in retirement and retirement behavior of older workers.

Center Director

Jeannette Rogowski
RAND
1200 South Hayes Street
Arlington, VA 22202-5050
Phone: (703) 413-1100
Fax: (703) 413-8111

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RAND operated The RAND Center for Employer-Sponsored Health and Pension Benefits from 2000-2003 and maintains this Web site only as an archive of the work that was done during that time. If you have any questions about the work referenced on this Web site, please contact us via email.