Benjamin H. Harris

Ulrike Neveling 60-year old head of Accounting Department is pictured at her office at the headquarters of Rullko wholesale in Hamm March 4, 2014. Marie-Christine Ostermann is desperate to hang on to her older employees. There's already a shortage of skilled labour in Germany and a new draft law that lowers the pension age for some workers is adding to her problems. Six of the 150 staff at family-run food and kitchen supplies wholesaler Rullko say they'd like to retire at 63 this summer, when the new law is due to take effect. That's four years earlier than planned - a big worry for Ostermann. TO GO WITH GERMANY-PENSIONS/ REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - BM2EA341DLX01

COVID-19 and retirement: Impact and policy responses

Martin Neil Baily, Benjamin H. Harris, and Siddhi Doshi

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

home wealth

The wealth of generations, with special attention to the millennials

William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond, Jason Fichtner, and Benjamin H. Harris

Thursday, May 28, 2020

retired couple sits on the beach

Evidence-based retirement policy: Necessity and opportunity

William G. Gale, Benjamin H. Harris, and Claire Haldeman

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Mark Findlay and his wife Delores Findlay, of Erie, Pennsylvania, read the morning newspaper inside their home at Limetree Park where they spend the winter months in Bonita Springs, Florida, March 23, 2012. Medicare and Social Security, the massive programs that pay benefits to tens of millions of older Americans, are contentious issues in the 2012 presidential campaign. Seniors want the nation?s sputtering economy to be fixed, but not at their expense. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS SOCIETY) - TM3E846043F01

The unfulfilled promise of reverse mortgages: Can a better market improve retirement security?

Martin Neil Baily, Benjamin H. Harris, and Ting Wang

Monday, October 28, 2019

California state worker Curtis Walker looks over retirement plan brochures at the Calpers regional office in Sacramento, California October 21, 2009. Calpers, the largest U.S. public pension fund, manages retirement benefits for more than 1.6 million people, with assets comparable in value to the entire GDP of Israel. The Calpers investment portfolio had a historic drop in value, going from a peak of $250 billion in the fall of 2007 to $167 billion in March 2009, a loss of about a third during that period. It is now around $200 billion. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) - WASE5AM03UX01

Can annuities become a bigger contributor to retirement security?

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Fernando Ochoa, 65, who has been homeless for a week, sits on a park bench in Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 11, 2018. Ochoa said he had worked as a foreman for Albertson's and a Service Advisor for Honda but is now retired and is looking for housing. Picture taken April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1B16E55500

“RESA”: A look at 2019 legislative proposals to improve retirement security and saving

Martin Neil Baily, Benjamin H. Harris, and J. Mark Iwry

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Farmer Tom Chino plants Yuchoi Sun transplants on his family farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California March 4, 2013. The gravitational pull of Chino Farm is legendary. Since they don't ship, everyone - whether a top chef or a traveling foodie or a local resident - comes to the farm stand, simply called "Vegetable Shop," on a dusty corner of this affluent San Diego County town, hemmed in by sprawling housing estates. Long before farmers' markets and heirloom vegetables popped up across the country, Tom Chino's parents bought the 45-acre (18.2-hectare) farm after World War Two and forged their independence from wholesalers and supermarkets, setting their prices and cultivating a diverse offering of crops. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 23 PICTURES FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'FOUR SEASONS OF CHINO FARM'SEARCH 'CHINO FARM' FOR ALL IMAGES - LM2EABO11FQ01

Working longer policies: Framing the issues

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Thursday, January 31, 2019

A retired couple take in the ocean during a visit to the beach in La Jolla, California January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E9190GEM01

The retirement revolution

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Friday, June 8, 2018

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a missed opportunity to establish a sustainable tax code

Benjamin H. Harris and Adam Looney

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Job interview between two women shaking hands.

Information is power: Fostering labor market competition through transparent wages

Benjamin H. Harris

Tuesday, February 27, 2018