Tag: claiming

African woman showing her dish

Abstract This paper uses the monthly Current Population Survey to study older workers’ transitions out of employment and into retirement before and during the pandemic.  It examines whether the effect of the pandemic was particularly acute for workers with certain demographic characteristics and working conditions, and for those who faced different local public health and…

Cheerful senior man at home looking at his mail

Abstract This study uses insights from the behavioral economics literature to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of seven SSA written communications that include information on earnings reporting.  We conducted a behavioral assessment of the documents’ contents on earnings reporting to identify bottlenecks that may prevent beneficiaries from taking desired actions in four key domains: notice and…