Aging and Poverty Research
The Impact of Social Security Cuts on Retiree Income
Dean Baker and David Rosnick, Center for Economic and Policy Research, July 2010
Social Security at 75: Building Economic Security, Narrowing the Racial Wealth Divide
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Ph.D., Insight Center for Community Economic Development, Summer 2010
The Social Side of Social Security: Can Benefit Adequacy and Equity Be Improved?
Forum: The Future of Social Security: Solvency, Adequacy & Equity, and Work, The Urban Institute, June 2010
Affordable Home Energy and Health: Making the Connections
Lynne Page Snyder - National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association, Christopher A. Baker - AARP Public Policy Institute, AARP Public Policy Institute, June 2010
Social Security, A Promise to All Generations (Issue Brief)
Alliance for Retired Americans, June 2010
Social Security Modernization: Options to Address Solvency and Benefit Adequacy
Report of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, May 2010
Older Americans in Poverty: A Snapshot
Ellen O’Brien, Ke Bin Wu, and David Baer, AARP Public Policy Institute, April 2010
Demographics of Homelessness Series: The Rising Elderly Population
M. William Sermons and Meghan Henry, National Alliance to End Homelessness , April 2010
The Employment Situation, February 2010: Unemployment Rate for Older Workers Increases Again
Sara E. Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2010
Budget Proposals Turn Back Clock 30 Years in Long-Term Care Services for California Seniors
Steven P. Wallace, D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Eva Durazo, A. E. Benjamin and Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, February 2010
Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty
Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts, Urban Institute, February 2010
Resource Tests and Eligibility for Federal Assistance Programs: Effects of Current Rules and Options for Change
Mark Merlis, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2010
Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement (pdf)
Richard W. Johnson, Melissa M. Favreault, and Corina Mommaerts, Generations -- Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, November 2009
The Economic Crisis: How Fare Older Americans? (pdf)
Jennifer Hicks and Eric R. Kingson, Generations -- Journal of the American Society on Aging, October 2009
Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities: Subsidized Housing Opportunities near Transit and the 50+ Population
Rodney Harrell, Allison Brooks, and Todd Nedwick AARP Public Policy Institute, September 2009
Upcoming Medicare Change is an Opportunity to Enroll Eligible Low-Income Seniors in Food Stamps
Dottie Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2009
Older Low-Income Workers Face Historic Crisis
Experience Works, September 2009
Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans' Views on Social Security
Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery, National Academy of Social Insurance, August 2009
Lifelines for Elders Living on the Edge: How Elder Support Programs Compare to Living Costs (pdf)
Laura Henze Russell, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, June 2009
Working the Graveyard Shift: Why Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Is Not the Answer
Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr, Economic Policy Institute, May 2009
Unemployment Rate Hits All-Time High for Adults Age 65 and Older (Fact Sheet)
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Richard W. Johnson and Corina Mommaerts, The Urban Institute, March 2009
Financial Hardship Before and After Social Security's Early Eligibility Age
Richard W. Johnson and Gordon B.T. Mermin, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, March 2009
Boost Employment of Older Adults
Richard W. Johnson, The Urban Institute, February 2009
Promoting Economic Security at Older Ages through Workforce Development
Richard W. Johnson, Written Testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, The Urban Institute, February 2009
Half A Million Older Californians Living Alone Unable to Make Ends Meet
Steven P. Wallace and Susan E. Smith, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, February 2009
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Older Workers
Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009
Need for Low-Income Heating Assistance Continues Despite Recent Drop in Some Heating Costs
Ann McLarty Jackson and Neal Walters, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009
Social Security State Quick Fact Sheets: 2008
AARP Knowledge Management, January 2009
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Older Americans
Sandy Mackenzie, AARP Public Policy Institute, December 2008
Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2007>
Patrick Purcell, Congressional Research Services Report for Congress, October 2008
A Profile of Older Americans: 2008
Saadie Greenberg, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, October 2008
The Food Stamp Program and Older Americans: Fact Sheet
Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008
Nutrition Assistance for Older Americans
Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008
Retirement Security or Insecurity? The Experience of Workers Aged 45 and Older
Colette Thayer, AARP Knowledge Management, October 2008
Elderly Poverty: The Challenge Before Us
Alexandra Cawthorne, Center for American Progress, July 2008
Poverty and Aging in America: Profiles of the Low-Income Older Population 2008 Chart Book (pdf)
AARP Foundation, July 2008
More Older Americans Are Poor than the Official Measure Suggests
Sheila R. Zedlewski and Barbara Butrica, The Urban Institute, May 2008
Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, March 2008
From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women’s Poverty Status
Sunhwa Lee and Lois Shaw, AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2008
How Many Struggle to Get By in Retirement?
Barbara A. Butrica, Dan Murphy, and Sheila R. Zedlewski, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, December 2007