Should Undersaved Americans Work Longer?
The January issue of the Retirement Income Journal features a review of "Falling Short," the new book about America's retirement crisis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, by SCEPA Director Teresa Ghilarducci. Ghilarducci describes the book as an elegant and comprehensive description of the problems causing the crisis, but disagrees with the proposed solution: working longer and retiring later.
Unemployment Rises for Workers over 55 Despite Lower Unemployment in Overall Labor Market
Brief — January 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
The New Racial Gap: Longevity in the Retirement Years
Brief — In 1950, the United States could claim racial equity in one important respect - both black and white American men who reached age 65 could expect to live to 77.
States Move to Implement Retirement Accounts
"States Move to Implement Retirement Accounts," a February 4, 2015, article by Institutional Investor's Joel Kranc, summarizes the retirement reform movement's move from the federal level to the state level.
The Real Cost of Managing Your Retirement
SCEPA Director Teresa Ghilarducci joined NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook on February 25, 2015.
Ghilarducci Named to NYC Comptroller's Retirement Security Taskforce
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer named SCEPA Director Teresa Ghilarducci to an expert taskforce to study how to provide retirement security to New York City residents lacking retirement plans at work.
Older Workers See Job Quality Erode by More Physically and Demanding Jobs
Brief — February 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
Are U.S. Workers Ready for Retirement?
Brief — SCEPA’s Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab) released a report that is the first to quantify the real effect of the retirement crisis - poverty.
Larger Shares of Older Workers are Working in Low-Wage Industries
Brief — March 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
Older Workers Make Up the Second-Largest Group among the Long-Term Unemployed
Brief — April 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
