Retirement Research

Homeowners 62 and older saw their housing wealth grow by 1.4 percent or $98 billion in the fourth quarter to a record $7.05 trillion from Q3 2018, the … more Senior Housing Wealth Exceeds $7 Trillion For First Time

Changing family structures, longer life expectancies, increasing burdens on Medicare, an aging workforce and an emerging economy to address the growing 50+ population are among the demographic and … more 5 Trends That Could Reshape Retirement

Historically, widows have experienced higher poverty rates compared to married women, but that gap shrank from 1994 to 2014. According to a new Issue Brief published by the … more Research Suggests Poverty Has Declined for Widows

Researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College believe health issues play the largest role in causing early retirements, both because people in bad initial health … more Health Shocks Drive Many to Retire Earlier Than Planned

While Americans are worried about running out of money in retirement, the percentage of people citing it as a top concern fell from 41 percent in 2016 to … more Going Broke Remains Top Concern in Retirement: Survey of CPA Financial Planners

The Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, DC-based think tank, published a chartbook that explains the status of Social Security and Medicare – who the programs cover, how they are funded, and what … more Social Security and Medicare Explained

Social Security offers a minimum benefit to retired workers with very low career earnings. However, according to the final paper in a series of issue briefs on modernizing Social Security … more Why Social Security’s Minimum Benefit Needs Fixing

Nearly half of full-time workers ages 51 to 54 experience job loss after age 50 that substantially reduces earnings for years or leads to long-term unemployment, which then … more How Secure Is Employment at Older Ages? Not Very.

Fewer than half of retirees (46 percent) agree that they have built a large enough retirement nest egg, with only 16 percent “strongly” agreeing and 30 percent “somewhat” … more Transamerica: 46 Percent of Retirees Say They Are Financially Prepared