Kevin E. Cahill
Economic Consultant
Analysis Group
Background
Kevin Cahill formerly served as the Associate Director for Research at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Previously, he was an economist at Abt Associates Inc, where he specialized in statistical and econometric analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data related to health and labor economics. Prior to joining Abt, Dr. Cahill received a fellowship from the Social Security Administration to study the retirement patterns of low-wage individuals using data from the Health and Retirement Study.
Dr. Cahill earned a B.A. in mathematics from Rutgers College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Boston College.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"A Micro-Level Analysis of Recent Increases in Labor Force Participation Among Older Workers" (with Joseph F. Quinn and Michael D. Giandrea), Working Paper, #2008-08, February 2008.
"Should We Raise Social Security’s Earliest Eligibility Age"(with Alicia H. Munnell). Research funded by the Russell Sage Foundation, Issue in Brief, #18, June 2004.
"The Graying of Massachusetts: Aging, the New Rules of Retirement, and the Changing Workforce" (with Alicia H. Munnell, Andrew Eschtruth, and Steven A. Sass). Research funded by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), Report, June 2004.
"Basic Investment Theory Explained"(with Sheila Campbell), Just the Facts, #9, January 2004.
"How Do Cash Balance Plans Affect the Pension Landscape?"(with Mauricio Soto), Issue in Brief, #14, December 2003.
"How Has the Shift to 401(k)s Affected the Retirement Age?"(with Alicia H. Munnell and Natalia A. Jivan), Issue in Brief, #13, September 2003.
Selected Publications
- Beecroft, Erik, Kevin E. Cahill and Barbara D. Goodson. 2002. “The Impact of Welfare Reform on Children: The Indiana Welfare Reform Evaluation.” Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Inc. (June).
- Burstein, Nancy, Jean I. Layzer, and Kevin E. Cahill. 2002. “National Study of Child Care for Low-Income Families: Patterns of Child Care Use Among Low-Income Families.” Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Inc. (October).
- Quinn, Joseph F., Richard Burkhauser, Kevin E. Cahill and Robert Weathers. 1998. “Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision: United States." Working Paper 203. Paris: OECD Economics Department.


