Tag: retirement income

Navajo man sitting on the bed of his pick-up truck in Monument Valley

Abstract This paper examines the impact of work and retirement on the size, density, and composition of older Americans’ social networks. It uses novel panel data from the first two waves of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. Critical components of the analysis include the development of an instrumental variable fixed-effect estimation strategy based…

elderly man inserting credit card to ATM

Abstract The Great Recession has amplified the increase in socioeconomic instability and inequality in the United States.  While much work has been conducted on retirement income and assets, not much work has been undertaken on seniors moving in with their adult children and grandchildren, possibly to save on housing costs.  Utilizing Survey of Income and…