Retirement and Retirement Benefits

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May 22, 2024

RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 (V2) Documentation: Includes 1992-2020 (Final Release)

This tool is a cleaned, easy-to-use, and streamlined data product containing information from the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal household survey that facilitates research into different aspects of population aging in the United States.
Project

May 21, 2024

RAND Disability Research

RAND disability research topics include employer accommodations, accessible environments, caregiver support, support services, and healthcare coverage for individuals with disabilities. xamining the roles of employers, healthcare markets, knowledge networks, and social insurance programs.
Research

Dec 6, 2023

The Dynamic Retention Model: Theory, Estimates, Innovations, and Extensions

This report summarizes decades of RAND Corporation research on the dynamic retention model, a model particularly suited to assess major structural changes in compensation systems, such as that of the U.S. military and civil service institutions.
Expert Insights

Aug 31, 2023

Potential Changes to Veterans' Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act: Veterans' Issues in Focus

The Major Richard Star Act would drop the “offset” that reduces retirement pay for some disabled veterans. If it is signed into law, what could change for veterans’ benefits, and how many veterans would see an increase in their compensation?
Project

Jul 31, 2023

Employment and age in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area: Local evidence about workers aged 50 and older

Offering flexible working, job redesign and reasonable adjustments, having age-friendly management and cultures, and having age-inclusive recruitment practices are important to recruit and retain workers aged 50+.
Research

Jul 10, 2023

Analysis of the Post-Service Earnings, Wealth, and Well-Being of Military Retirees

The authors assessed the extent to which the earnings and wealth of service members who served full careers in the military and retired differed from the earnings and wealth of those who did not serve full careers and those who did not serve at all.
Research

Jun 30, 2023

Causes and Consequences of the Crises in State and Local Pension Funding: Research to Inform the Development of a Road Map for Reform

This report examines the origins and consequences of state and local pension crises. It finds that there are many small crises reflecting local circumstance, history, and constraints and identifies insights to inform a tailored road map for reform.
Research Summary

Jun 30, 2023

Steps for Effectively Addressing State and Local Pension Crises: A Prototype Road Map for Stakeholders

To help stakeholders understand what drives state and local public pension funding crises and what solutions exist, RAND Corporation researchers developed a prototype road map for reform that takes a holistic perspective.
Research Summary

Jun 30, 2023

A Call for Leadership: Persistent State and Local Public Pension Crises Across the United States

In untangling the facets that compose public pension crises, RAND researchers identified six common contributors: assumptions, institutional setting, poor governance, lack of expertise, policy culture, and conflicting incentives and interests.
Research

Jun 27, 2023

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

Financial planning requires information about how spending needs evolve with age. Spending declines after age 65, also among wealthy households, suggesting that the decline is due to changes in the desire to spend, not tightening economic circumstances.
Research

Apr 12, 2023

Improving Transition Assistance for Reserve Component Members

The authors identify unmet needs for transitioning reserve component members, assess the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and recommend ways to improve TAP's effectiveness in addressing reserve component members' transition needs.
Research

Apr 5, 2023

Understanding Decision Making Around Changing the State Pension Age: A Review of International Evidence

This report presents findings from a review commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to investigate how high-income OECD countries change State Pension age (SPa) and the variables considered when they changed the SPa.

Retirement and Retirement Benefits

Retirement and Retirement Benefits

Americans' Spending Declines Consistently After Age 65

Potential Changes to Veterans’ Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 (V2) Documentation: Includes 1992-2020 (Final Release)

RAND Disability Research

The Dynamic Retention Model: Theory, Estimates, Innovations, and Extensions

Potential Changes to Veterans' Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act: Veterans' Issues in Focus

Employment and age in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area: Local evidence about workers aged 50 and older

Analysis of the Post-Service Earnings, Wealth, and Well-Being of Military Retirees

Causes and Consequences of the Crises in State and Local Pension Funding: Research to Inform the Development of a Road Map for Reform

Steps for Effectively Addressing State and Local Pension Crises: A Prototype Road Map for Stakeholders

A Call for Leadership: Persistent State and Local Public Pension Crises Across the United States

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

Improving Transition Assistance for Reserve Component Members

Understanding Decision Making Around Changing the State Pension Age: A Review of International Evidence

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Retirement and Retirement Benefits

Retirement and Retirement Benefits

Americans' Spending Declines Consistently After Age 65

Potential Changes to Veterans’ Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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RAND HRS Longitudinal File 2020 (V2) Documentation: Includes 1992-2020 (Final Release)

RAND Disability Research

The Dynamic Retention Model: Theory, Estimates, Innovations, and Extensions

Potential Changes to Veterans' Benefits Under the Major Richard Star Act: Veterans' Issues in Focus

Employment and age in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area: Local evidence about workers aged 50 and older

Analysis of the Post-Service Earnings, Wealth, and Well-Being of Military Retirees

Causes and Consequences of the Crises in State and Local Pension Funding: Research to Inform the Development of a Road Map for Reform

Steps for Effectively Addressing State and Local Pension Crises: A Prototype Road Map for Stakeholders

A Call for Leadership: Persistent State and Local Public Pension Crises Across the United States

Spending Trajectories After Age 65 Variation by Initial Wealth

Improving Transition Assistance for Reserve Component Members

Understanding Decision Making Around Changing the State Pension Age: A Review of International Evidence

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