Retirement, Saving and Pensions

In Brief

With millions of workers nearing age 65, retirement saving remains a crucial issue to the American public. But only half of American workers have access to an employer-based retirement plan and many observers are concerned that Americans are saving too little for retirement.

An oversized chair and an oversized hospital bed in the children's and women's maternity ward at the University of Alabama Hospital.

REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - An oversized chair and an oversized hospital bed are pictured in the children's and women's maternity ward at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, April 26, 2012.

Blog Post

Disabled Americans Facing Ruinous Costs of Long-Term Care Got No New Answers from a Blue-Ribbon Federal Commission Last Week. Where Do We Go from Here?

September 25, 2013, Barbara J. Gage, Judith Tobin and Darshak Sanghavi

Many young people and seniors faced with catastrophic but not fatal health conditions mistakenly believe that long-term care costs, such as home-based health care or a nursing home, will be covered by Medicare or other insurance. Barbara Gage, Judith Tobin and Darshak Sanghavi explain the current laws surrounding funding long-term care and discuss ideas for payment and delivery reform that are warrent more exploration.

Recent Activity

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In the News

We really need to think hard about whether the dollars we are spending are effective at achieving the goals. Our existing [retirement] programs are falling short.
February 25, 2013, Karen Dynan, Bloomberg
In the News

People have lost their appetite for risk. They’ve been burned by the stock market. They’ve suffered through capital losses on their homes. And so they’re hunkering down in what they view as the safest place to store money.
October 1, 2012, Karen Dynan, Washington Post
In the News

I think the era of broad prosperity for American seniors will end with the first wave of Baby Boomers, now entering their 60s. Times are tougher for their later Boomer brothers and sisters who entered the labor and housing markets in the late 1970s during tougher economic times.
August 8, 2012, William H. Frey, USA Today
In the News

Home prices haven't gone anywhere in many parts of the country. For households for whom the home was the main way in which they had saved, those households have not seen much of a recovery, and it's unclear how much of a recovery they are going to see.
July 23, 2012, Karen Dynan, U.S. News & World Report
In the News

Most of the country is increasing its over-age-45 population simply because people are aging in place. There is some movement among the retired population, but it's not that huge and people who move typically move locally. Florida is the outlier. In the rest of these places the migration is occurring among people under age 45.
July 5, 2012, William H. Frey, Jobs and Hire
In the News

One thing that’s pretty clear: Individual income tax expenditures hit a pretty broad swath of people in the middle of the income distribution.
April 17, 2012, Adam Looney, Washington Post
Interview | Bloomberg Radio

American Savings and Growth

February 28, 2012, Barry P. Bosworth
Expert Q & A

Low U.S. Saving Rate Coming Home to Roost

February 9, 2012, Barry P. Bosworth
Expert Q & A

Can the PBGC Ensure Pension Plans during the Bad Economy?

July 27, 2009, Douglas J. Elliott
Expert Q & A

Social Security and Medicare Solvency

May 14, 2009, Henry J. Aaron

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Past Events

Sep 17

Retirement Savings in Australia, Asia and Beyond: What are the Lessons for the United States?

The Brookings Institution
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