Eric R. Kingson
Professor, School of Social Work
Syracuse University
Background
Eric Kingson is a Professor of Social Work and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Professor Kingson's primary research interests include generational equity issues, the aging of the population, and Social Security. Before joining Syracuse University, Professor Kingson taught at Boston College and the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He has served as an advisor to the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform in 1994 and the National Commission on Social Security Reform in 1982-83. In addition, Professor Kingson was the Director of the Emerging Issues Program at the Gerontological Society of America in 1984-85.
Dr. Kingson received a B.A. from Boston University, an M.P.A. from Northeastern University, and a Ph.D. from the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"The Evolution of Social Security Disabled Widow(er)s' Benefits" (with Margaret Morse and Gary Calhoun), Working Paper, #2003-9, May 2003
"The Diversity of Risk Among Age-62 Retired Worker Beneficiaries?" (with Yvonne Arsenault), Working Paper, #2000-08, November 2000.
Selected Publications
- Burke, S., E.R. Kingson, and U. Reinhardt, eds. 2000. Social Security and Medicare: Individual vs. Collective Risks and Responsibilities. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press.
- Kingson, E.R. and J.H. Schulz, eds. 1997. Social Security in the 21st Century. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Kingson, Eric R. 1996. "Ways of Thinking About the Long-Term Care of the Baby Boom Cohorts." The Journal of Aging and Social Policy 7(3/4).
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