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Save to My PortfolioAutomatic: Changing the Way America Saves

William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker, July 01, 2009

Automatic argues for a fresh approach to increase saving, simplify retirement planning, and help manage the risks associated with today's individual account environment. Read More

Retirement, Saving, Aging, Cost of Living

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGetting Current: Recent Demographic Trends in Metropolitan America

William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson, March 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Changing demographics—where people live, educational attainment, aging of boomers, diversity in population growth, poverty rates—raises key policy and program issues for the new government in Washington. In view of that, the Metropolitan Policy Program has compiled and detailed important trends that are shaping the nation’s engines of economic growth and opportunity. Read More

Demographics, Cities, Education, Aging, Immigration

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHealth Care Consumption and the Relative Well-Being of the Aged

Gary Burtless, August 19, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Gary Burtlesshas examines the distribution of health consumption and financing in a single recent year. It compares the implications of two sets of estimates of effects of the current health care system on the distribution of income across persons and across age groups. Read More

Health Care, Income Distribution, Aging

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioReforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

As baby-boomers begin to retire and health care spending continues to outpace income growth, Medicare faces a dire financial future and needs reform. To help guide the debate that will precede this reform, Henry Aaron and Jeanne Lambrew have written Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities which outlines three broad approaches to reform. At this event, Aaron, Lambrew and other advocates discussed the three different reform strategies. Read More

Health Care, Medicare, Retirement, Aging

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBridging the Social Security Divide: Lessons From Abroad

R. Kent Weaver, June 19, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Bridging the Social Security Divide: Lessons From AbroadKent Weaver argues that a new approach to Social Security reform requires the president and congressional leaders to agree on an overall mandate for a commission named through a bipartisan nominating process designed to generate a group that is likely to focus on practical, consensus-building solutions. Special procedures in each house of Congress would provide expedited consideration of the commission’s reform package and alternatives, while providing incentives for constructive congressional engagement in the reform process. Read More

Social Security Administration, Social Security, Retirement, Saving, Aging

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIncreasing Annuitization of 401(k) Plans with Automatic Trial Income

William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David C. John and Lina Walker, June 05, 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper

Despite their many benefits, the take-up rate for annuities is currently low because of behavioral biases and market failures. In this paper, William Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker propose a two-year trial to allow retirees to experience the consistency, security, and simplicity of the lifetime income stream guaranteed by annuities. Read More

Retirement, Social Security, Aging, Pensions

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Odyssey Years: The Changing 20s

William A. Galston, Jeffrey Arnett and Diana West, November 07, 2007, WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show"

In 1960, roughly 70 percent of 30-year-olds were married, financially independent and starting a family. By 2000, fewer than 40 percent of 30-year-olds had done the same. William Galston discusses the trend and implications. Read More

Economic Mobility, Children & Families, U.S. Economy, Aging, Marriage and Family Formation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMapping the Growth of Older America

William H. Frey, June 12, 2007, The Brookings Institution

Aging baby boomers constitute this decade's fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group -- more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors -- will add new stresses . Read More

Demographics, Aging

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSaving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Barry P. Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, November 01, 2006, Population Aging Working Paper

Paper by Barry Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich (November 2006) Read More

Macroeconomics, Retirement, Saving, U.S. Economy, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFinancing Health Care with Limited Resources

Henry J. Aaron, October 07, 2004, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation

Speech by Henry J. Aaron, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation (10/7/04) Read More

Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Aging, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSocial Norms, Rules of Thumb, and Retirement: Evidence for Rationality in Retirement Planning

Gary Burtless, October 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Gary Burtless (October 2004) Read More

Retirement, Saving, U.S. Economy, Labor, Aging

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDemographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies

Ralph C. Bryant, September 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Ralph C. Bryant (September 2004) Read More

Federal Budget, U.S. Economy, Labor, Aging

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFertility Declines and Youth Dependency: Implications for the Global Economy

Delia Velculescu, Elif Arbatli, Hamid Faruqee and Ralph C. Bryant, September 01, 2004, International Forum of the Collaboration Projects, Economic and Social Research Institute

A working paper by Ralph C. Bryant, Hamid Faruqee, Delia Velculescu, and Elif Arbatli (2/09/2003) Read More

Japan, Macroeconomics, Demographics, Global Economics, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Impact of Aging on Financial Markets and the Economy: A Survey

Barry P. Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Ralph C. Bryant, July 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Barry P. Bosworth, Ralph C. Bryant, and Gary Burtless (July 2004) Read More

Retirement, Macroeconomics, Aging, Saving, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAsset Accumulation and Retirement Income Under Individual Retirement Accounts: Evidence From Five Countries

Gary Burtless, July 01, 2003, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Gary Burtless (7/14/03) Read More

Retirement, Macroeconomics, Saving, U.S. Economy, Global Economics

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Henry J. Aaron

Henry J. Aaron

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

A noted health care expert, Henry Aaron focuses on the reform of health care financing; public systems such as Medicare and Medicaid; Social Security; and tax and budget policy.
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Gary Burtless

Gary Burtless

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Gary Burtless researches labor market policy, income distribution, population aging, social insurance, household saving, and the behavioral effects of taxes and government transfers. He was an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Barry P. Bosworth

Barry P. Bosworth

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Global Economy and Development
The Robert V. Roosa Chair

A former presidential advisor, Barry Bosworth is an expert on fiscal and monetary policy, economic growth, capital formation, and Social Security. His recent projects include studies of U.S. saving behavior and economic growth in China and India.
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