Tag: earnings

In anticipation of rambunctious children returning to the classroom in the fall, older teachers are sounding alarms about how challenging it will be to make the schools safe for themselves, as well as the children and families. Their fears about going back to work in a pandemic are shared by older workers around the country…

I need to add a word about the potential impact on Social Security benefits from the pandemic and the shutdown of the economy. Specifically, following a point made by Andrew Biggs, I argued that to the extent that COVID-19 results in a decline in average earnings in 2020, those born in 1960 (who turn 60…