Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elderly households will operate. It also explores how these ongoing trends will affect future beneficiaries, under both the current social...

This paper documents trends over the last two decades in retirement and retirement income choices by TIAA participants. From 2000-2018, the distribution of retirement ages shifted to older ages. The average retirement age rose by approximately 1.3 years for women and 2 years for men. There is...

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. This paper provides an overview of an economics-based perspective on the financial aspects of state and local public pensions in the...