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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Expected Labor Supply
(2023-09)
The pandemic led to a sharp increase in unemployment, which, in previous literature, has been associated with a decline in the labor supply of older individuals: Unemployed persons retire rather than attempt to return to ...
Only Spot a Few Blacks the Higher I Go: Occupational Segregation and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2023-09)
This project examines whether there exists a link between occupational segregation by race and labor market outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimate the extent to which workers employed in occupations with higher ...
Estimating Racial Disparities in Economic Outcomes: An Application to Employer-sponsored Retiree Health Insurance and Access to Care
(2023-09)
This paper reviews different approaches to estimating differences in economic outcomes across groups defined by race, with a focus on whether and how covariates such as education are incorporated in these analyses. My ...
Mixed-method Study on Information, Communications, and Access to Government Benefits among Rural Populations
(2023-10)
Rural communities face specific challenges to accessing information about government safety net programs that can provide essential assistance to reduce urban-rural inequalities and contribute to the rural economy. This ...
Understanding the Social Security Communication Needs of Hispanics with Limited English Language Proficiency
(2023-10)
Although the Social Security Administration already provides information to the general public in Spanish, these efforts could be further bolstered by a better understanding of how best to reach the more than 20 million ...
Medical Spending Risk among Retired Households by Race
(2023-11)
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records, along with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we examine how total and out-of-pocket medical expenditures by retired ...
Mixed-methods Study on Work-disabled Adults Who Do Not Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
(2023-10)
Take-up gaps in safety net programs, which have been long documented in the United States and elsewhere, are an important policy question as nontake-up compromises the equity objectives and efficacy of programs. The Social ...
The Effect of the Social Security Student Benefit on Lifetime Earnings
(2023-09)
Between 1965 and 1981, Social Security extended eligibility for dependent benefits from age 18 to age 22 for individuals who were enrolled full-time in school. The “student benefit” ended in 1981, and past research has ...
Inflation and Economic Security of the Older Population
(2024-01)
Because the older population are net lenders, they tend to be economically vulnerable to high and increasing inflation. This research used data from the Health and Retirement Study and its supplement, the Consumption and ...
Social Security’s Role in Economic Security: Evidence and Insight from an Analysis of Multiprogram Participation
(2023-09)
We use the 2014 and 2018 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to assess multiprogram participation — the number of public programs or subsidies that an individual is a beneficiary of at a given time. ...