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Working for a Good Retirement (Series/Older Americans' Economic Security)Author(s): Barbara Butrica,
Karen E. Smith,
C. Eugene Steuerle(Brief) Workers who delay retirement can save more and contribute more to the economy. Using the Urban Institute's Dynamic Simulation of Income model (DYNASIM3), this brief shows that someone who works an extra five years could increase retirement spending by more than half. Also, work-inducing reforms—rather than reforms that simply reduce benefits—help close the Social Security funding gap.
| Posted: October 26, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
World Awaits Our Engineering, Science Students (Commentary)Author(s): Harold Salzman,
Leonard LynnHal Salzman and Leonard Lynn argue that recent reports warning of a rising threat posed by hordes of scientists and engineers graduating from Chinese and Indian universities are wrong on several counts, countering that rather than technonationalism, the United States should invest in education, research and development with a mind to the global community and markets.
| Posted: October 22, 2006 | Availability: HTML |
The Implicit Tax on Work at Older Ages (Article)Author(s): Barbara Butrica,
Richard W. Johnson,
Karen E. Smith,
C. Eugene SteuerleEncouraging work at older ages is a crucial policy goal for an aging society, but many features of the benefits and tax system discourage work. This study computes the implicit tax rate on work at older ages, broadly defined to include standard income and payroll taxes as well as changes in future Social Security benefits, employer-provided pension benefits, and health benefits associated with an additional year of employment. The results show that the implicit tax rate on work increases rapidly with age, rising from 14 percent at age 55 for a typical man to nearly 50 percent at age 70.
| Posted: September 14, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
New Book Offers Reform Agenda for a Working America (Press Release)Author(s): The Urban InstituteIn Making America Work, Jon Forman develops a comprehensive national strategy for improving the economic benefits of employment and promoting greater economic justice. His recommendations follow crisp and thorough discussions on how market forces and government actions combine to determine the current rewards from work.
| Posted: September 06, 2006 | Availability: HTML |
Work and Retirement: Facts and Figures (Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteAn aging population creates challenges for workers, employers, and policymakers. This fact sheet describes the benefits of delayed retirement, the capacity of older people to remain at work, trends and patterns in labor force participation at older ages, and some of the legal and institutional work impediments that exist for older Americans.
| Posted: August 17, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
