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Contextual and Social Predictors of Scam Susceptibility and Fraud Victimization
(2021-09)
Financial fraud targeting older adults is on the rise, with annual losses totaling in the billions of dollars. Prior cross-sectional and qualitative studies have reported that negative life events and social factors, such ...
Mixed-methods Study to Understand Use of the my Social Security Online Platform
(2021-09)
We conducted a mixed-methods study to examine barriers to use of my Social Security (MySSA), and users’ experience of using MySSA. The quantitative phase of the study leveraged existing survey data to analyze the determinants ...
Heterogeneity in Household Spending and Well-being around Retirement
(2021-09)
We study heterogeneity in spending patterns around the time of retirement. Using rich consumption data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and exploiting within-household spending variation, we systematically classify ...
Expansion of the Totalization Program using Simplified Agreements to Eliminate Dual Taxation
(2021-09)
The United States has signed 30 bilateral social security agreements. Some of its partner countries, such as the U.K. or Germany, have signed international agreements to eliminate double taxation for nationals working ...
Estimating the Impact of Missing Totalization Agreements
(2021-09)
The number of international social security agreements (totalization agreements) signed by the United States is significantly smaller than the number signed by other countries such as Canada and the U.K. This paper estimates ...
Mixed Methods Analysis of Consumer Fraud Reports of the Social Security Administration Impostor Scam
(2021-10)
Most Americans have received fraudulent calls from impostors claiming to be officials from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Callers threaten those who respond with arrest and suspension of their bank accounts and ...
The Lifetime Risk of Spousal Nursing Home Use and its Economic Impact on the Community-Dwelling Spouse
(2021-09)
A single person in a nursing home is relatively well-protected financially from nursing home expenses because Medicaid covers these once assets are depleted. Couples, however, are less well protected, because the high cost ...
The Relationship Between Adverse Experiences Over the Life Course and Early Retirement Due to Disability
(2021-10)
A growing body of research implicates life span adversity in later-life outcomes. We use data from the Life History Mail Survey (LHMS) with data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) core surveys to examine the ...
On the Distribution and Dynamics of Medical Expenditure Among the Elderly
(2021-11)
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records along with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we estimate the stochastic process for total and out-of-pocket medical ...
Widowhood, Divorce, and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
(Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 2003-04)