Population and Aging

RAND research on population and aging analyzes demographic and immigration trends and explores a range of concerns, from family planning to religion to discrimination. RAND also addresses vulnerable populations—such as the elderly and the poor—analyzing retirement and other aspects of financial decisionmaking, welfare, and end-of-life issues.

Research conducted by: RAND Labor and Population; RAND Europe; RAND Health; RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment; RAND Child Policy; RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; Center for the Study of Aging; Population Research Center; Center for Population Health and Health Disparities

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More Americans Will Delay Retirement – Implications for Social Security and Medicare

An unprecedented upturn in the number of older Americans who delay retirement is likely to continue and even accelerate over the next two decades, a trend that should help ease the financial challenges facing both Social Security and Medicare.

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Emma Aguila

Director, Center for Latin American Social Policy; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.Sc. in economics, University College London; B.A. in economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Eric Apaydin

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy/admin/analysis, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. in biology, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in physiology and neuroscience, University of California, San Diego

Dionne Barnes-Proby

Project Associate
D.P.A. (in progress) in public administration, University of La Verne; M.S.W. in policy, planning, and administration, Loma Linda University; B.A. in psychology and black studies, Pitzer College

Megan K. Beckett

Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Michigan; M.H.S.A. in health services management and policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health; B.A. in psychology, Willamette University

Marianne P. Bitler

Adjunct
Ph.D. in economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Bozick

Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in sociology, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in sociology, University of Maryland-College Park; B.A. in sociology, Ohio University

Julie A. Brown

Director, Survey Research Group
B.A. in social ecology, University of California, Irvine

Ryan Andrew Brown

Associate Behavioral and Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in anthropology, Emory University; M.A. in anthropology, Emory University; B.A. in anthropology, University of North Carolina

Peter B. Brownell

Associate Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Jeremy Burke

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in mathematics, University of Virginia

Jose Castillo

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, University of Chile/University of Chicago; M.A. in economics and finance of aging, Tilburg University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

Avantika Chilkoti

Research Assistant
B.A. in land economy, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

Jack Clift

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. (Ph.D. candidate) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, Universit of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in literae humaniores, University of Oxford

Benjamin Colaiaco

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in international development, University of Pittsburgh

Amy G. Cox

Social Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology, University of Maryland; B.A. in sociology, Northwestern University

Alison Evans Cuellar

Senior Economist
Ph.D. in health services and policy analysis, University of California, Berkeley

Deirdre May Culley

Associate Analyst
M.Phil. in international relations, University of Cambridge; Int. B.A. (with honors) in politics and history, University College Dublin; Diploma in Japanese and liberal studies, Waseda University

Julie DaVanzo

Senior Economist; Demographer
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Adeline Delavande

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Northwestern University

James Derbyshire

Senior Analyst
Ph.D. in innovation policy, University of Liverpool; M.B.A., Durham University Business School; B.A. (Hons) in history, University of Liverpool

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