 Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Background
Barry Bosworth is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution. His areas of expertise include capital formation, fiscal policy, inflation, Social Security, international economics and monetary issues. Dr. Bosworth has published extensively on these topics and has authored or edited numerous books. Dr. Bosworth has been with The Brookings Institution since 1971, except for the period of 1977-79 when he served as the Director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability. He has also taught at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley and has served as a staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisors.
Dr. Bosworth received his B.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Saving and Wealth Accumulation in the PSID, 1984-2005" (with Sarah E. Anders), Working Paper, #2008-2, March 2008.
"Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America's Aged Population" (with Gary Burtless and Sarah E. Anders), Working Paper, #2007-21, December 2007.
"Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension" (with Gabriel Chodorow-Reich), Working Paper, #2007-2, May 2007.
"The Decline in Household Saving: What Can We Learn from Survey Data?""The Decline in Household Saving: What Can We Learn from Survey Data?" (with Lisa Bell), Working Paper, #2005-15, December 2005.
"Why Don't Americans Save?" Working Paper, #2004-26, November 2004.
"The Impact of Aging on Financial Markets and the Economy: A Survey" (with Ralph C. Bryant and Gary Burtless), Working Paper, #2004-23, October 2004. "Supply-Side Consequences of Social Security Reform: Impacts on Saving and Employment"(with Gary Burtless), Working Paper, #2004-01, January 2004.
"Implications of the Bush Commission Pension Reforms for Married Couples" (with Gary Burtless and Benjamin Keys), Working Paper, #2003-03, February 2003.
"Pension Reform in the Presence of Financial Market Risk" (with Gary Burtless), Working Paper, #2002-01, July 2002.
"The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income" (with Gary Burtless and Claudia Sahm), Working Paper, #2001-03, August 2001.
"Distributional Impact of Social Security Reform" (with Gary Burtless and Claudia Sahm), Conference Paper, May 2000.
"The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being" (with Gary Burtless), Working Paper, #2000-02, January 2000.
"Lifetime Earnings Patterns, The Distribution of Future Social Security Benefits and The Impact of Pension Reform" (with Gary Burtless and Eugene Steuerle), Working Paper, #1999-06, December 1999.
Selected Publications
- Bosworth, Barry P. and Gary Burtless, eds. 1998. Aging Societies: The Global Dimensions. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
- Bosworth, Barry P. and Henry J. Aaron. 1997. "Preparing for the Baby Boomers' Retirement."Setting National Priorities: Budget Choices for the Next Century. In Robert D. Reischauer, ed., Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
- Bosworth, Barry P. and Gary Burtless. 1997. "Budget Crunch: Population Aging in Rich Countries." The Brookings Review 15(3): 10-15.
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