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Cognitive Ability, Expectations, and Beliefs About the Future : Psychological Influences on Retirement Decisions

Parker, Andrew M. - 2014

Recent advances in behavioral decision research, behavioral economics, and life-span development psychology provide … leverage for expanding our understanding of the decision to retire earlier versus later. This report examines how cognitive … intelligence, financial literacy, expectations for the future, future time perspective, and maximizing versus satisficing decision …

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Financial Capability in the United States : Consumer Decision-Making and the Role of Social Security

Lusardi, Annamaria - 2010

This paper analyzes new data from the 2009 National Financial Capability Study. This survey provides information to assess how American households make financial decisions, how they are faring under current economic conditions, and in what ways financial knowledge contributes to financial...

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Effects of Legal and Unauthorized Immigration on the U.S. Social Security System

Benitez-Silva, Hugo - 2011

Immigration is having an increasingly important effect on the social insurance system in the United States. On the one hand, eligible legal immigrants have the right to eventually receive pension benefits, but also rely on other aspects of the social insurance system such as health care,...

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The Decline in the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate

Perez‐Arce, Francisco - 2019

After peaking around the year 2000, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of Americans declined substantially, falling faster after the financial crisis of 2007. Since 2015, the LFPR has remained at its lowest in four decades. In this paper, we produce a comprehensive review of the...

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Do Payroll Taxes in the United States Create Bunching at Kink Points?

Powell, David - 2015

Much of the literature on labor supply responsiveness to taxes studies the effects of payroll and income taxes together, usually using income tax changes to identify effects. There is less research on how individuals respond to payroll taxes specifically. Given the salience of the payroll tax...

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Trends in Health and Mortality Inequalities in the United States

Hudomiet, Péter - 2019

Recent literature has documented a widening gap in mortality in the United States between individuals with high socioeconomic status (SES) and low SES. An important question is whether this trend will continue. In this paper we document trends and inequalities in the health status at ages 54 to...

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Previous Migration Experience and Legal Immigration Status Among Intending Mexican Migrants to the United States

Brownell, Peter - 2014

We examine the size and composition of flows of Mexican migrants intending to cross the border and enter the United States. We focus on two characteristics which relate to eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits: legal immigration status and prior US migration history. We compare...

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A Review of U.S. Federal and State Means-Tested Programs

Moffitt, Robert A. - 2018

This report presents a review of the major U.S. federal and state means-tested programs, including a review of how they operate, common features, and rules governing eligibility. The review covers the nature of the target recipient population, the nature of the benefits (cash or in-kind),...

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Employment Trends by Age in the United States : Why are Older Workers Different?

Banerjee, Sudipto - 2013

Employment trends in the U.S. were similar across age groups in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s: male employment rates declined or were flat at all ages and female employment rates increased or were flat at all ages. But employment trends diverged more recently, with employment rising at older ages...

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Retirement in Japan and the United States : Cross-National Comparisons Using the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) and the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2013

Cross-national comparisons of data from developed countries offer useful insights into the retirement process and policy. Here we summarize findings for older persons age 50-70 using new microdata files collected by the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) project, and we compare these...

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