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What the Numbers Say: The Stark Racial Divide in U.S. Inheritances
A primer on how we arrived at such wealth inequalities —and how they might continue.
On Timing, Termination, and Suppression of Research and Science
A precious monument to Social Security and a plea for policy attention.
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.
Student Debt Is Not Just for Kids
A mixed-methods analysis of the impact of student debt on retirement security and claiming age
Computers Block Access to Social Security
Exploring the role of digital trust as beneficiaries interact online with SSA services.
Burn Out Reimagined: Extreme Heat, Work Disability, and Sociodemographic Disparities in America
As temperatures rise and our labor force ages, protecting workers from extreme heat on the job becomes crucial.
Uprooted in Later Life
Disparities in natural disaster displacement among older Americans and their impact on well-being.
The Human Cost of Technical Debt
How failed technology perpetuates suffering in determining disability qualification for older adults.
Could Wills Help Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap?
One promising avenue for reducing the wealth gap between Black and white households is to encourage more Black households to draft wills.
The Age-Friendly Paradox
When good intentions meet structural limitations.