RELAB POLICY NOTE | Official U.S. poverty rates significantly undercount America’s elderly poor. According to internationally-recognized relative poverty measures, more than 12 million older Americans are poor.

RELAB WORKING PAPER | When we examine unemployment and discouraged workers, are we getting the full picture? A deeper dive into the data suggests that official rates of unemployment are missing millions of people.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | Challenging the widespread assumption that people claim their retirement benefits only when they retire, more than one-fifth of older workers in the United States start claiming Social Security benefits as soon as they are eligible, even while working for pay.