Urban Institute: Retirement and Older Americans http://www.urban.org/retirees/index.cfm Urban Institute reports on: Retirement and Older Americans - The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. en-us Copyright 2010 Urban Institute http://backend.userland.com/rss Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:35:10 EST Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/images/UI_logo_29x29.jpg 29 29 http://www.urban.org <![CDATA[Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans : Updated 3/12]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411904&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Did Older Workers Fare in 2009?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412039&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Will Health Care Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412026&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on 401(k) Match Rates: A Methodological Note]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412021&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Mauricio Soto ) Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Budgeting in the Ideal and in the United States]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901317&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Rudolph G. Penner ) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Seniors Change Their Asset Holdings During Retirement]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412006&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Karen E. Smith, Mauricio Soto, Rudolph G. Penner ) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412008&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412009&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security Retirement Benefit Awards Hit All-Time High in 2009]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412010&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Older Adults' Labor Force Participation since 1993: A Decade and a Half of Growth]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412011&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, James Kaminski ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Data Appendix for Older Adults' Labor Force Participation since 1993: A Decade and a Half of Growth]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412012&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, James Kaminski ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Delaying Retirement an Additional Year Could Offset Stock Market Losses]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412007&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder ) Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Retirement Account Balances (Updated 1/10)]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411976&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Philip Issa ) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Fiscal Days of Reckoning]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=500142&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle ) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[To Roth or Not to Roth: The Worst of Budget & Tax Policy]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=500143&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle ) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Retirement Security and the Stock Market Crash: What Are the Possible Outcomes?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411998&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder ) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Will Automatic Enrollment Reduce Employer Contributions to 401(k) Plans?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411995&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Mauricio Soto, Barbara Butrica ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Does Autoenrollment Affect Employer Contributions?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411996&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Mauricio Soto ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Well Have Middle Class American Families Accumulated Wealth? : Net Worth over the Life Cycle between 1989 and 2007]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411990&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert I. Lerman ) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Policy Polymath Eugene Steuerle Returns to the Urban Institute]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901295&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( The Urban Institute ) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rising Senior Unemployment and the Need to Work at Older Ages]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411964&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson ) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Is the Financial Crisis Affecting Retirement Savings? : August 2009, Update]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901283&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Mauricio Soto ) Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Are Health Care Costs a Burden for Older Americans?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411924&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[National Long-Term Care Insurance: How Much Would It Cost?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001290&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Howard Gleckman ) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Revitalizing Social Security: Effectively Targeting Benefit Enhancements for Low Lifetime Earners and the Oldest Old]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901268&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Melissa Favreault ) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Will the Stock Market Collapse Affect Retirement Incomes? : Older Americans' Economic Security No. 20]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411914&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder ) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[What about long-term care?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001273&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Howard Gleckman ) Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Older Workers on the Move: Recareering in Later Life]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001272&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Janette Kawachi, Eric Lewis ) Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Is the Financial Crisis Affecting Retirement Savings? : May 2009, Update]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411880&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Mauricio Soto ) Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[What the 2008 Stock Market Crash Means for Retirement Security]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411876&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder ) Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Securing Social Security: Lessons for the Next Debate]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901251&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Melissa Favreault ) Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rising Tides and Retirement: The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Differential Wage Growth on Social Security]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411872&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Melissa Favreault ) Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Impact of Changing Earnings Volatility on Retirement Wealth]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411873&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Austin Nichols, Melissa Favreault ) Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Health Reform in the 21st Century: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System : Before the United States House Committee on Ways and Means]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901244&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson ) Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Do Health Problems Reduce Consumption at Older Ages?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411858&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Richard W. Johnson, Gordon Mermin ) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A New Minimum Benefit for Low Lifetime Earners]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411853&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Melissa Favreault ) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Financial Hardship before and after Social Security's Eligibility Age]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411854&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Gordon Mermin ) Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Comparisons of MINT 2003 and 2004 Projections with Survey Data]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411850&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Karen E. Smith, Katherine Michelmore, Eric Toder ) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Is the Financial Crisis Affecting Retirement Savings?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411847&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Mauricio Soto ) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Unemployment Rate Hits All-Time High for Adults Age 65 and Older]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411846&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Promoting Economic Security at Older Ages through Workforce Development : Written Testimony to the Senate Special Committee on Aging U.S. Congress]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901239&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson ) Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[It's Not Easy Being Gray: The New Rules of Retirement]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411840&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( The Urban Institute ) Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Economic Recovery Package Will Help Poor Older Adults, but More Could Be Done]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901221&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Sheila R. Zedlewski ) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Unemployment Rate Soars for Older Men with Limited Education]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901223&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Federal Taxes and the Elderly]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001246&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Rudolph G. Penner ) Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Disappearing Defined Benefit Pension and Its Potential Impact on the Retirement Incomes of Boomers]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411831&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Barbara Butrica, Howard Iams, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder ) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Senior Unemployment Rate Hits 31-Year High]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901210&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson ) Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Is the Recession Affecting Older Workers?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411804&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson ) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Diversity in Retirement Wealth Accumulation]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411805&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Gordon Mermin, Desmond Toohey, Sheila R. Zedlewski ) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Older Workers and the Recession]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901205&RSSFeed=UI_RetirementandOlderAmericans.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson ) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST