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) (pdf)
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

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