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List of contents
1. Introduction Christian E. Weller 2. Prelude to a RIF: Older Workers, Part-Time Hours and Unemployment Jeremy Reynolds and Jeffrey B. Wenger 3. The Impact of the Housing Crash on the Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts David Rosnick and Dean Baker 4. What Will Happen to Retirement Income for 401(k) Participants After the Market Decline? Jack VanDerhei 5. Did Retirees Save Enough to Compensate for the Increase in Individual Risk Exposure? Christian E. Weller 6. Early Retiree and Near-Elderly Health Insurance in Recession Elise Gould and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez 7. The (Interconnected) Reasons that Elder Americans File Consumer Bankruptcy Deborah Thorne 8. Reforming Retirement: Values and Self-Interest Drive Support for Policy Reform in Opposite Directions David Madland 9. How to Supplement Social Security Fairly and Effectively Teresa Ghilarducci
About the author
Christian E. Weller, PhD, is an associate professor of public policy at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. Professor Weller’s research interests and expertise include pensions, Social Security, macroeconomics, and international finance. Professor Weller has published more than 100 academic and popular articles in addition to more than 200 policy reports and short policy commentaries. He is frequently cited in the press.
Summary
This book brings together a number of influential researchers whose work is focused on economic policies and their impacts on retirement income security. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Aging and Social Policy.
