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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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