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Aging and Retirement
Population aging creates social, economic, and political issues that make systematic, informed planning of policies concerning the elderly a national imperative. Although research on aging is a relatively new field, the L&P has already made important, policy-relevant contributions in several substantive areas: for example, determinants of retirement; consumption and saving; health and functioning; health care and financing; the economic costs of poor health; the roles of support networks and resource transfers for the elderly; and financial well-being—as well as a parallel set of issues for aging in developing countries.
View Publications | View Projects Current projects in this area:
Aging and Well Being in Mexico and Latin America
Emma Aguila and Arie Kapteyn
American Association of Retired Persons
Aging Center (P01): Health and Economic Status in Older Populations Years 13-18 (2004 Renewal)
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Assessment of the Elderly Population in the State of Yucatan
Emma Aguila
State of the Yucatan
Center for the Study of Aging (P30) Renewal - Years 11-15
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Costs of Dementia
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Design and Evaluation of a Social Security Program for the Oldest Old in Yucatan
Arie Kapteyn and Emma Aguila
National Institute on Aging
Expected Bequests and Their Distribution
James Smith
National Institute on Aging
Economic and Health Determinants of Retirement Behavior (P01 Years 1 - 5)
Arie Kapteyn and Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Economic Status, Health and Well-Being Over the Life Course and Across Generations
James Smith
University of Michigan
Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Years 17-22
Michael Hurd
University of Michigan
Intergenerational Financial Transfers
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Intergenerational Human Capital Effects
Paco Martorell
University of Florida, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Obesity Among Older Americans
Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla
National Institute on Aging
Pre- and Post- Retirement Asset Changes
Jinkook Lee and Arie Kapteyn
Filene Research Institute
Probabilistic Thinking and Economic Behavior (part of HRS)
Michael Hurd
University of Michigan, National Institute on Aging
RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging, Years 11-15
Julie Zissimopoulos
National Institute on Aging
Self-Employment in Older Ages (Years 1 - 4)
Lynn Karoly, Julie Zissimopoulos and Nicole Maestas
National Institute on Aging
SSA Task Order: Polisim Model Integration
Michael Rendall
Social Security Administration
Prior L&P Projects in Aging and Retirement
After Tobacco: Assessing the Impact
Michael Hurd and Dana Goldman
Columbia University
American Legacy Foundation
Aging Center: Health and Economic Status in Older Populations Years 13-18
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Alternative Measures of Replacement Rates
Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
Social Security Administration
Are Baby Boomers Adequately Prepared for Retirement?
Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
Department of Labor
Center for the Study of Aging (P30)
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Consumption and Economic Well-Being at Older Ages
Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
Social Security Administration
Continued Development/Public Dissemination RAND HRS Data
Michael Hurd AND Julie Zissimopoulos
Social Security Administration
Dynamics of Personal Social Security & Pension Knowledge
Susann Rohwedder
National Institute on Aging
(The) Dynamics of Work-Related Health and Labor Market Status: An International Comparison
Arie Kapteyn
Social Security Administration
Economic and Health Determinants of Retirement Behavior
Arie Kapteyn and Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
(The) Economic Cost of Joint Retirement
Nicole Maestas
National Institute on Aging
Education, Self-Management and Adherence
James Smith and Dana Goldman
National Institute on Aging
Effects of Sample Attrition in the Health and Retirement Survey
James Smith
Social Security Administration
Expected Bequests and Their Distribution
James Smith
National Institute on Aging
Financial Decisions in Retirement: What We Can Learn From International Comparisons
Arie Kapteyn and Michael Hurd
Department of Labor
Health and Retirement Study
Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Housing Price Risk, Home Ownership, and Wealth
James Smith
National Institute on Aging
How did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age affect Retirement Expectations and Behavior of those below that Age?
Pierre-Carl Michaud and Arthur van Soest
Social Security Administration
(The) Impact of Misperceptions about Social Security on Saving and Well-Being
Susann Rohwedder and Arthur van Soest
Social Security Administration
Intergenerational Financial Transfers
Michael Hurd
Julie Zissimopoulos and James Smith
National Institute on Aging
Internet Interviewing and the HRS
Arie Kapteyn and Michael Hurd
National Institute on Aging
Investment Decisions Under the Thrift Savings Plan: the Participation Decision
Beth Asch and Julie Zissimopoulos
Social Security Administration
Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (Wave 2) - Socioeconomic and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Health
Narayan Sastry
National Institute on Aging
Micro-Foundations of Health and Development
James Smith and Jed Friedman
National Institute on Aging
Multi-Disciplinary Facility for Measurement and Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Arie Kapteyn and Arthur van Soest
Ministry of Education, The Netherlands
(The) New Immigrant Survey
James Smith
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Science Foundation
Pathways to Bad Retirement Outcomes
Susann Rohwedder
Social Security Administration
Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging, Years 11-15
Julie S. DaVanzo
National Institute on Aging
Probabilistic Thinking and Early Social Security Claiming
Adeline Delavande and Robert J. Willis
Social Security Administration
RAND Roybal Center for Financial Decision Making
Arie Kapteyn
National Institute on Aging
RAND Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation
Dana Goldman
National Institute on Aging
Retirement Savings Portfolio Management
Jeffrey Dominitz and Angela Hung
Social Security Administration
Rising Economic Risk and the Labor Supply of Older Workers
Nicole Maestas
Social Security Administration
Savings, Portfolio Choice and Retirement
Arthur van Soest and Arie Kapteyn
Social Security Administration
Self-Employment in Older Ages
Lynn Karoly, Julie Zissimopoulos and Nicole Maestas
National Institute on Aging
Self-Employed Older Workers
Julie Zissimopoulos and Lynn Karoly
American Association of Retired Persons
Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe 2
Albert Weerman
CentERdata
Wealth Disparities Among Mature and Older Adults
Years 6-10, James Smith
National Institute on Aging
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