Retiring baby boomers are increasing the demand for services from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) at a time when budget constraints and retiring staff are limiting the agency’s ca...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-does-the-social-security-claiming-process-vary-by-race/
Proposals would rip away support for middle class. The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has just released its FY 2024 Budget Protecting America’s Economic Security and once again called for sig...
https://crr.bc.edu/congressional-republicans-want-big-cuts-to-social-security/
The brief’s key findings are: Investing part of Social Security’s reserves in equities has obvious appeal: a higher return means less tax hikes or benefit cuts. But critics fear that equity...
https://crr.bc.edu/should-social-security-invest-in-equities/
Abstract In 2020, around two million grandparents were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren, with grandparent care concentrated in historically disadvantaged communities. Desp...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-can-social-security-childrens-benefits-help-grandparents-raise-grandchildren/
Abstract In 2015, the number of individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits began to drop for the first time in two decades. This drop was caused by a wave of termi...
https://crr.bc.edu/what-factors-explain-the-drop-in-disability-insurance-rolls-from-2015-to-2019/
‘Progressive price indexing’ is not a third way. It’s a benefit cut. Social Security is once again in play, no matter how much people deny it. In part, that’s a good thing, because Soci...
https://crr.bc.edu/there-are-only-two-ways-to-fix-social-security-cut-benefits-or-raise-revenues/
Despite an uptick in births during 2021, women in their 20s want even fewer children than before the pandemic. Birthrates in the United States have been declining since the Great Recession, and m...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-will-covid-affect-completed-fertility/
This paper explores whether the evolving nature of work has impacted the relationship between health and work-related disability and disability applications through its impact on job demands. U...
https://crr.bc.edu/health-disability-and-the-evolving-nature-of-work/
Abstract This paper examines the association between Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) awards, disability, and technology access. It uses multiple data sources, regression analyses, and g...
Abstract In early 2020, the COVID Recession seemed like it would result in an increase in early Social Security claiming, similar to the Great Recession. However, pretty quickly the COVID Reces...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-does-covid-induced-early-retirement-compare-to-the-great-recession/
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of former Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries in the years following termination of benefits due to medical improvement or work. ...
https://crr.bc.edu/outcomes-following-termination-of-social-security-disability-insurance/
Abstract The mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly heavy among older adults, racial and ethnic minorities, and those with underlying health conditions. These groups are kno...
https://crr.bc.edu/will-survivors-of-the-first-year-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-have-lower-mortality/