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The Center and its network of experts possess a breadth of knowledge on retirement issues virtually unmatched in the field. Our researchers include leading scholars at Boston College and at affiliated institutions, such as MIT, The Brookings Institution, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Urban Institute. In the eight years since its inception, the Center has established a reputation as an authoritative source of information on all major aspects of the retirement income debate. From the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, from corporate board rooms to debates on Capitol Hill, the Center is the hub for expertise on this issue.

Cori E. Uccello

Consultant
The Urban Institute

Background

Cori Uccello is a consultant for the Urban Institute, where she was previously employed as a Senior Research Associate. She is also the Senior Health Fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries and serves as the actuarial profession's chief policy liaison on health care issues. Ms. Uccello is an actuary with extensive research experience in a range of issues related to health policy and income security during retirement. Her retirement-related research focuses on projecting retirement resources and assessing the adequacy of these resources to meet retirement needs. Her health-related research focuses on Medicare, health insurance coverage, and approaches to expand coverage to the uninsured. Prior to joining the Urban Institute in 1994, she was an Actuarial Fellow with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Her tenure there included actuarial work on pensions and long-term care insurance.

Ms. Uccello earned her B.S. in Mathematics and Biology from Boston College and her M.P.P from Georgetown University.

Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research

Completed
"How Secure Are Retirement Nest Eggs?" (with Richard W. Johnson and Gordon B.T. Mermin), Issue in Brief, #45, April 2006.

"Is Private Long-Term Care Insurance the Answer?" (with Richard W. Johnson), Issue in Brief, #29, March 2005.

"When the Nest Egg Cracks: Financial Consequences of Health Problems, Marital Status Changes, and Job Layoffs at Older Ages" (with Richard W. Johnson and Gordon B.T. Mermim), Working Paper, #2005-18, December, 2005

"Reform Model Two of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security: Distributional Outcomes Under the Different Economic and Behavioral Assumptions" (with Melissa M. Favreault, Joshua H. Goldwyn, Karen E. Smith, Lawrence H. Thompson and Sheila R. Zedlewski), Working Paper, #2004-19, August, 2004

"Effects of Stock Market Fluctuations on the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation" (with Eric M. Engen and William G. Gale), Working Paper, #2004-16, May 2004

"Lifetime Earnings, Social Security Benefits, and the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation" (with Eric M. Engen and William G. Gale), Working Paper, #2004-10, April 2004

"Simulating the Distributional Consequences of Personal Accounts: Sensitivity to Annuitization Options" (with Melissa M. Favreault, Karen E. Smith, and Lawrence H. Thompson), Working Paper, #2003-17, October 2003

"Are Americans Saving Enough For Retirement?" Issue in Brief #7, July 2001.

"Do Spouses Coordinate Their Investment Decisions In Order To Share Risks?" Working Paper, #2000-09, November 2000.

"401(k) Investment Decisions and Social Security Reform" Working Paper, #2000-04, March 2000.

"The Adequacy of Household Saving" (with Eric M. Engen and William G. Gale), Working Paper, #2000-01, January 2000. (This is also published in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1999:2, 65-187.)

Selected Publications

Uccello, Cori E. 2005. “Medicare: Next Steps.” Washington, DC: American Academy of Actuaries.
Johnson, Richard W., Cori E. Uccello, and Joshua H. Goldwyn. 2005. “Who Foregoes Survivor Protection in Employer-Sponsored Pension Annuities?” The Gerontologist 45(1): 26-35.
Butrica, Barbara A., and Cori E. Uccello. 2004. “How Will Boomers Fare at Retirement?” AARP Public Policy Institute Paper 2004-05. Washington, DC: AARP.