Timothy M. Smeeding
Director, Center for Policy Research
Syracuse University
Background
Timothy Smeeding, Ph.D., is an economist and the Maxwell Professor of Public Policy at The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. He is the Director of Maxwell's Center for Policy Research and the Overall Director of the Luxembourg Income Study Project, which he founded in 1983. He served on the Board of Directors of the National Academy on Aging and is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He has served as head of the Economics of Aging Interest Group and is chair elect of the Public Policy Committee for the Gerontology Society of America. He was a member of the Federal SSI Modernization Project from 1990-92 and of the Social Security Advisory Board in 1999. Smeeding was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto during the 1994-95 academic year. His main areas of research include national and cross-national comparisons of inequality and poverty amongst vulnerable groups, effects of inequality on social outcomes, working poor, EITC, cost of children and healthcare finance for old and young. Dr. Smeeding has written extensively on the topic of the economics of aging for Congress, Social Security Board of Trustees, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Social Insurance, Encyclopedia of Aging and the Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences.
Dr. Smeeding earned a B.A. at Canisius College, and a M.A. at the University of Connecticut, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Older Women's Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective" (with Janet C. Gornick, Eva Sierminska, and Maurice Leach), Working Paper, #2008-1, February 2008.
"Cross-National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)" (with Eva Sierminska and Andrea Brandolini) Working Paper, #2007-3, February 2007.
"The Retirement Consumption Conundrum: Evidence from a Consumption Survey" (with Jonathan Fisher, David S. Johnson, Joseph Marchand and Barbara Boyle Torrey) Working Paper, #2005-14, December 2005.
"Poverty and Income Maintenance in Old Age: A Cross-National View of Low Income Older Women" (with Susanna Sandstrom) Working Paper, #2004-29, November 2004.
"Sliding into Poverty? Cross-National Patterns of Income Source Change and Income Decay in Old Age" (with James M. Williamson) Working Paper, #2004-25, November 2004.
"Income Maintenance in Old Age: Current Status and Future Prospects for Rich Countries" Working Paper, #2002-11, December 2002.
"The Senior Income Guarentee (SIG): A New Proposal to Reduce Poverty Among the Elderly" (with R. Kent Weaver), Working Paper, #2001-12, December 2001
"Income Maintenance in Old Age: What Can be Learned from Cross-National Comparisons" (with assistance from James Williamson), Working Paper, #2001-11, May 2001.
"Patterns of Time Use of People Age 55 to 64 Years Old: Some Cross-Naional Comparisons" (with Anne H. Gauthier), Working Paper, #2000-15, December 2000
"Who Are the Poor Elderly? An Examination Using Alternative Poverty Measures" (with David S. Johnson), Working Paper, #2000-14, December 2000
"Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women" Working Paper, #1999-08, December 1999
Ongoing
"Older Women's Economic Security: The Five-Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective" (with Janet C. Gornick and Eva Sierminska)
Selected Publications
- Smeeding, Timothy. 1999. "Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women." Center for Policy Research, Policy Brief Series #16, The Maxwell School. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University.
- Smeeding, Timothy, Caroll Estes, and Lou Glasse. "Social Security in the 21st Century. More Than Deficits: Strengthening Security for Women." Washington, DC: The Gerontology Society of America.
- Smeeding, Timothy, and J.P. Smith. 1998. "The Economic Status of the Elderly on the Eve of Social Security Reform." Progressive Policy, Working Paper (November). Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute.
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