The Great Recession had a profound effect on the retirement security of older Americans,
and the slow recovery from the downturn will have a lasting impact on their quality of life. The …

… Sanzenbacher and Matthew S. Rutledge are research economists at the CRR. The
research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant from the US Social Security …

Background: Many reports have focused attention on the rising percentage of adults in the
United States without health insurance. This hides the fact that the uninsured rate for non-…

This paper uses the Current Population Survey to study older workers' transitions out of
employment and into retirement during the first year of the pandemic. We find that, among …

A fundamental question in the retirement arena is whether people will have adequate
retirement income to maintain their pre-retirement standards of living. Existing studies offer …

… Khan is a graduate research assistant and Matthew S. Rutledge and April Yanyuan Wu
are research economists. The research reported herein was pursuant to a grant from the US …

This paper examines the relationship between student loans and retirement saving behavior
by 30-year-old workers. Total outstanding student loan debt in the United States has …

… Quinby is a senior research economist, Matthew S. Rutledge is a research fellow and
associate professor of economics at Boston College, and Gal Wettstein are senior research …

Older Americans have been retiring later for a number of reasons, including jobs that are
becoming less physically demanding, the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution …

Both unemployment insurance (UI) extensions and the availability of disability benefits have
disincentive effects on job search. But UI extensions can reduce the efficiency cost of …