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What Can We Learn From Analyzing Historical Data on Social Security Entitlements?

2011 U.S. government report on the ages of Social Security and Disability Insurance applicants over time.

Who Never Receives Social Security Benefits?

2011 paper by the Office of Retirement Policy on “never-beneficiaries” aged 62 to 84.

2011 Annual Report by the Social Security Board of Trustees

2011 U.S. Government report on the challenges facing the Social Security system and its ability to meet its obligations to retirees and those on disability.

Outlook for Stocks, Equity in the Coming Decade

2011 report by Boston College on underlying trends in stock values and the outlook for personal retirement investments.

Financial Literacy Initiatives: What Works

Study by The Brookings Institution on helping members of the public make better financial decisions

Role of Financial Literacy in Retirement Plans

2010 study for National Bureau of Economic Research on lack of financial knowledge and retirement decisions.

Saving for Retirement: Overcoming Human Biases and Knowledge Deficits

2010 report by the Social Security Administration on faulty decision-making in retirement investing strategies.

Mental Retirement: Cognition, Memory and Outcomes

2010 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the effect of early retirement on cognitive function of people in their early 60s.

The Troubled U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

2008 study published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the factors that have hurt the U.S. pension-insurance corporation.

Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Population Aging Challenges

A 2008 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research paper looking at age discrimination in the U.S. and the ADEA’s historical effects

Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes in the Native Elderly Population

2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.