Retirement and Disability Research Center
The NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center is one of six Centers funded by cooperative agreement with the Social Security Administration as part of its Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. The NBER-RDRC includes research and mentoring partnerships with Spelman College, Howard University, and Hunter College.
The focus of the current 2024-2028 phase of the NBER-RDRC is to better understand the variations, inequities, and disparities in accessibility and impact of Social Security, and thereby, to inform future decisions about Social Security policy and administration. The Center encompasses multiple research projects, training and mentoring of newer investigators, and dissemination of project findings.
View issues of The Bulletin on Retirement and Disability (BRD), featuring select summaries of the latest NBER RDRC research.
Investigators
Nicole Maestas, an Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School, studies how the health and disability insurance systems affect individual economic behaviors, such as labor supply and the consumption of medical care.
Angelino Viceisza is a Professor of Economics at Spelman College and an NBER research associate. He has served as the President of the National Economic Association. His research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics, with applications in development, household finance, and entrepreneurship.
Supported by the Social Security Administration grants #RRC08098400, #DRC12000002, #RDR18000003, and #RDR2300006
The research reported herein was performed pursuant to grant #RDR18000003 from the US Social Security Administration (SSA) funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not represent the opinions or policy of NBER, SSA or any agency of the Federal Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the contents of this report. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
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