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Generations Journal

In-depth views on aging

Generations Today

News and features

Generations Now

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Generations Journal

A quarterly journal of the American Society on Aging. Each issue is devoted to bringing together the most useful and current knowledge about a specific topic in the field of aging, with emphasis on practice, research, and policy.

Editor-in-Chief:
Leanne Clark-Shirley, PhD

Senior Editor:
Alison Biggar

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The Complex Impact of ‘On’ and ‘Off the Books’ Work

Estimating what we miss about direct care workers’ employment, earnings, and retirement savings.

Contending With Home Care Needs After a Work Disability

Who tends to become disabled, what benefits are available for caregiving, and how might benefits impact household income long-term?

Caregiving and Retirement: Social Security and the Financial Strain of Eldercare

Caregivers often turn to Social Security payments to make ends meet, leaving them in a vulnerable position later in life.

Unseen Costs: How Providing Eldercare Impacts Work and Economic Security

Women are more likely to receive care, and many other findings from a study of HRS, ATUS, and CPS data.

Left Behind Twice: Fixing Social Security for Formerly Incarcerated Elders

Older adults leaving prison face a Catch-22 of bureaucracy, digital ignorance and limited help when applying for benefits.

Understanding Late Arriving Immigrants’ Social Security Eligibility and Retirement Security

This overlooked group faces steep barriers to finding work and then to accessing social safety net programs.

The Social Security Retirement Earnings Test

What lower-income workers and retirees need to know.

Supporting LGBTQ Older Adults in Retirement Through Research and Advocacy

Analyzing previous research in this cohort and new study group findings on financial issues in retirement.

The Precarity Trap

Employment instability in midlife and the challenge of working full-time past age 62.

Cash Is King: Effects of Un(der)reported Income on the Social Safety Net

How off the books work impacts workers’ benefits.

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Generations Today

A bimonthly digital publication covering current trends and people impacting the field of aging through OpEds, feature articles, profiles, and first-person pieces.

Editor-in-Chief:
Leanne Clark-Shirley, PhD

Senior Editor:
Alison Biggar

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