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May 21, 2024

RAND Disability Research

RAND disability research topics include employer accommodations, accessible environments, caregiver support, support services, and healthcare coverage for individuals with disabilities. xamining the roles of employers, healthcare markets, knowledge networks, and social insurance programs.
Research

Jun 27, 2023

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

Financial planning requires information about how spending needs evolve with age. Spending declines after age 65, also among wealthy households, suggesting that the decline is due to changes in the desire to spend, not tightening economic circumstances.
Research

Mar 3, 2021

How Did the Reintroduction of the Social Security Statement Change Workers' Expectations and Plans?

This study fielded a survey in RAND's American Life Panel, coinciding with the partial reintroduction of the Social Security Statement. The findings indicate that regular mailings can play a role in shaping workers' retirement plans.
Research

Feb 7, 2020

A Double Safety Net? Understanding Interactions Between Disability Benefits, Formal Assistance, and Family Support

This work brings together perspectives on household adjustments in response to a major health shock in the U.S. It concludes that the family plays a key role in insuring against health shocks, and that informal and formal assistance are imperfect substitutes for one another.
Research

Jan 23, 2019

The Effect of Lower Transaction Costs on Social Security Disability Insurance Application Rates and Participation

We compare Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application rates across counties with varying degrees of access to high-speed internet beforehand after iClaim, a 2009 innovation that streamlined the online application process.
Research

Oct 5, 2017

Changes in Spending and Labor Supply in Response to a Social Security Benefit Cut: Evidence from Stated Choice Data

The results of this study provide unique information on individuals' responses to a Social Security reform that would implement a 30 percent cut in benefits.
Research

Aug 15, 2017

Can Income Diversification Explain the Growing Entrepreneurship Gap by Age?

The key result of our analysis is that income diversification has become increasingly important in determining entrepreneurship, but that younger households became less likely over time to have income from multiple sources. At the same time, older households maintained their income diversification and their likelihood of working as entrepreneurs became more responsive to having substantial income from non-business sources such as capital income and Social Security benefits.
Research

Jun 28, 2017

Representativeness of the Low-Income Population in the Health and Retirement Study

This paper assesses the representativeness of the low-income population in the HRS by using matched SSA administrative data on earnings & beneficiary payments, comparing the resulting distributions to marginal distributions directly from SSA records.
Research

May 23, 2017

Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

This study estimates the proportion of male return migrants aged 50 years and older who reported having contributed to the U.S. social security system, and examines their demographic and migration characteristics.
Commentary

Aug 29, 2016

Accommodation for Disabled Workers: Knowledge of Rights a Good Start

With a 36 percent chance of becoming disabled at least once before reaching age 50, it is imperative that workers know their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the resources available to help them.
Commentary

Aug 25, 2016

Living Longer, Working Longer

When people live longer, the costs of Social Security and Medicare increase and threaten the sustainability of these programs. Households also worry about how to finance more retirement years. But people are working longer, and if they continue to do so, they will reduce some of the problems.
Research

Nov 19, 2015

Policy Variation, Labor Supply Elasticities, and a Structural Model of Retirement

This paper exploits a combination of policy variation from multiple pension reforms in Austria and administrative data from the Austrian Social Security Database.

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RAND Disability Research

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

How Did the Reintroduction of the Social Security Statement Change Workers' Expectations and Plans?

A Double Safety Net? Understanding Interactions Between Disability Benefits, Formal Assistance, and Family Support

The Effect of Lower Transaction Costs on Social Security Disability Insurance Application Rates and Participation

Changes in Spending and Labor Supply in Response to a Social Security Benefit Cut: Evidence from Stated Choice Data

Can Income Diversification Explain the Growing Entrepreneurship Gap by Age?

Representativeness of the Low-Income Population in the Health and Retirement Study

Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

Accommodation for Disabled Workers: Knowledge of Rights a Good Start

Living Longer, Working Longer

Policy Variation, Labor Supply Elasticities, and a Structural Model of Retirement

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Living Longer, Working Longer

Accommodation for Disabled Workers: Knowledge of Rights a Good Start

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RAND Disability Research

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

How Did the Reintroduction of the Social Security Statement Change Workers' Expectations and Plans?

A Double Safety Net? Understanding Interactions Between Disability Benefits, Formal Assistance, and Family Support

The Effect of Lower Transaction Costs on Social Security Disability Insurance Application Rates and Participation

Changes in Spending and Labor Supply in Response to a Social Security Benefit Cut: Evidence from Stated Choice Data

Can Income Diversification Explain the Growing Entrepreneurship Gap by Age?

Representativeness of the Low-Income Population in the Health and Retirement Study

Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

Accommodation for Disabled Workers: Knowledge of Rights a Good Start

Living Longer, Working Longer

Policy Variation, Labor Supply Elasticities, and a Structural Model of Retirement

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