Tag: COVID
Hannah Boulton defies the stereotype of the lonely retiree longing for companionship during the holidays. But after two-plus years of a pandemic, even this dynamic former nurse who’s lived on three continents started feeling a little isolated. Then she met Ally Brooks, a high school senior, through the Sages and Seekers program at the senior…
Surprisingly, health had no effect, but rising 401(k) balances and expanded unemployment benefits were really important. While the contours of the Great Recession and the COVID Recession differed sharply, older workers continued to retire and claim Social Security. The question that my co-authors, Anqi Chen and Siyan Liu, and I explored in a recent study is the relative impacts of…
