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Publications

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How Would Investing in Equities Have Affected the Social Security Trust Fund?

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July 27, 2016
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Labor Force Dynamics in the Great Recession and Its Aftermath: Implications for Older Workers

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July 19, 2016
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Evidence of Increasing Differential Mortality: A Comparison of the HRS and SIPP

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July 1, 2015
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Sources of Increasing Differential Mortality Among the Aged by Socioeconomic Status

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June 19, 2015
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Do Retired Americans Annuitize Too Little? Trends in the Share of Annuitized Income

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June 18, 2015
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Impact of the Financial Crisis on Long-Term Growth

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June 17, 2015
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Post-War Trends in Labor Income in the Social Security Earnings Records

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June 16, 2015
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Interest Rates and Economic Growth: Are They Related?

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May 29, 2014
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Differential Mortality and Retirement Benefits in the Health and Retirement Study

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April 29, 2014
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Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Trends in Industrialized Countries

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December 17, 2013
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The Impact of Population Aging and Delayed Retirement on Workforce Productivity

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May 31, 2013
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Changing Sources of Income Among the Aged Population

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November 21, 2012
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Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for Financing OASDI: An International Perspective

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September 19, 2012
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Effects of Employer Health Costs on the Trend and Distribution of Social Security-Taxable Wages

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April 20, 2012
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Economic Consequences of the Great Recession: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

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February 8, 2012
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Developing and Disseminating Financial Guidelines for American Households

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November 28, 2011
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Social Security on Auto-Pilot: International Experience with Automatic Stabilizer Mechanisms

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November 1, 2011
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Who Retires Early?

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May 12, 2011
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Financial Literacy: What Works? How Could It Be More Effective?

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February 28, 2011
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The Earnings and Social Security Contributions of Documented and Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

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January 4, 2011
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Recessions, Wealth Destruction, and the Timing of Retirement

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December 6, 2010
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Price Deflators, the Trust Fund Forecast, and Social Security Solvency

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October 14, 2010
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The Shrinking Tax Preference for Pension Savings: An Analysis of Income Tax Changes, 1985-2007

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April 1, 2010
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Impact of Immigration on the Distribution of American Well-Being

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December 31, 2009
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The Wealth of Older Americans and the Sub-Prime Debacle

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November 3, 2009
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What Drives Health Care Spending? Can We Know Whether Population Aging Is A ‘Red Herring’?

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October 27, 2009
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Health Care, Health Insurance, and the Relative Income of the Elderly and Nonelderly

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February 28, 2009
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Evaluating Micro-Survey Estimates of Wealth and Saving

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January 22, 2009
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The Rising Age at Retirement in Industrial Countries

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February 20, 2008
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Saving and Wealth Accumulation in the PSID, 1984-2005

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February 8, 2008
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Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America’s Aged Population

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December 7, 2007
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International Investment for Retirement Savers: Historical Evidence on Risk and Returns

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February 20, 2007
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Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

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February 5, 2007
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Risk and Reward of International Investing for U.S. Retirement Savers: Historical Evidence

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December 1, 2006
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Effects of Public Policies on the Disposition of Lump-Sum Distributions: Rational and Behavioral Influences

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August 6, 2006
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Pensions, Social Security, Wealth and Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

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August 1, 2006
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The Politics of Parallel Pensions: Lessons from the United Kingdom for the United States

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February 28, 2006
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Cross-National Evidence on the Burden of Age-Related Public Transfers and Health Benefits

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February 20, 2006
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Demographic Interactions Between North and South and the Implications for North-South Capital Flows

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December 18, 2005
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The Decline in Household Saving: What Can We Learn from Survey Data?

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December 12, 2005
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Design and Implementation Issues in Swedish Individual Pension Accounts

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April 1, 2005
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Lashed to the Mast?: The Politics of Notional Defined Contribution Pension Reforms

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January 15, 2005
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The Age Profile of Income and the Burden of Unfunded Transfers in Four Countries: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study

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January 1, 2005
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Why Don’t Americans Save?

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November 9, 2004
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The Impact Of Aging On Financial Markets and The Economy: A Survey

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October 29, 2004
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Effects of Stock Market Fluctuations on the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation

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May 15, 2004
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Lifetime Earnings, Social Security Benefits, and the Adequacy of Retirement Wealth Accumulation

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April 11, 2004
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Supply-Side Consequences of Social Security Reform: Impacts on Saving and Employment

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January 1, 2004
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Whose Money Is It Anyhow?: Governance and Social Investment in Collective Investment Funds

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May 7, 2003
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The Politics of Public Pension Reform

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May 1, 2003
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Implications of the Bush Commission Pension Reforms for Married Couples

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February 1, 2003
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New Zealand: The Supreme Political Football

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December 29, 2002
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Pension Reform in the Presence of Financial Market Risk

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July 1, 2002
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The Senior Income Guarantee (SIG): A New Proposal to Reduce Poverty Among the Elderly

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December 1, 2001
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The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income

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August 1, 2001
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The Adequacy of Household Saving

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January 1, 2000
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The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being

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January 1, 2000
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Lifetime Earnings Patterns, the Distribution of Future Social Security Benefits, and the Impact of Pension Reform

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December 1, 1999
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The Politics of Pension Reform in Canada and the United States

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November 1, 1999
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