This study updates what we know about the Great Recession’s impact on older unemployed Americans’ health and pre-retirement life by focusing on their wealth and income sources, health insurance access, poverty rates, unemployment duration, labor force drop-out rates, and Social Security...

Most workers need a workplace retirement plan to supplement their Social Security to achieve an adequate retirement income — defined here as a 70 percent replacement rate at age 65. However, only 44 percent of workers in the United States participate in a retirement plan at work. The lack of...

This interdisciplinary study combines anthropological and economic theories and methods to understand how Mexican-Americans’ collectivist cultural values affect their savings behavior and their preparation for retirement. Mexican-Americans are the fastest growing immigrant group in the United...

The status of the elderly -- No exit -- Quality over quantity -- The life expectancy of the elderly -- Elderly poverty : higher than you think -- Big spenders and gamblers : the elderly in debt -- The social security system -- Old age and social disability insurance -- Paying your dues --...