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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.

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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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