Tag: retirement
In a recent podcast, I talk with Laura D. Quinby of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) and Luc Schuster of Boston Indicators about their study Wealth Gaps in the Golden Years: Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in a High-Cost State. They examined economic insecurity for older adults in Massachusetts through both quantitative analysis carried out by…
Social Security was designed to replace wages for those no longer working, so claiming Social Security benefits is often used as a simple proxy for retirement. However, trends in employment at older ages cast some doubt on this assumption: many households over 65 report labor earnings as well as Social Security income, indicating that…
