Digital Archive: Social Security

December 2019 | Enhancing Social Security and Improving Retirement Security: Four Innovative Proposals 


April 2019 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2019 Trustees Report – William Arnone and Griffin Murphy 


March 2019 | Assured Income – William J. Arnone, Peter Barnes, Renée M. Landers, and Griffin T. Murphy


February 2019 | Social Security Policy Innovations Challenge: Ensuring Adequacy for Workers


June 2018 | Social Security and Independent Contractors: Challenges and Opportunities – Elliot Schreur and Benjamin W. Veghte 


June 2018 | Improving Social Security Coverage and Retirement Benefits for Independent Contractors – Elliot Schreur and Benjamin W. Veghte 


June 2018 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2018 Trustees Report – Elliot Schreur and Benjamin W. Veghte


August 2017 | Retirement (In)Security for Today’s Workers – William J. Arnone


July 2017 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2017 Trustees Report – Elliot Schreur and Benjamin W. Veghte


January 2017 | Report to the New Leadership and the American People on Social Insurance and Inequality 


December 2016 | Overcoming Barriers to Retirement Security for Women: The Role of Social Security – Joan Entmacher, Mikki Waid, and Benjamin W. Veghte 


December 2016 | Social Security and the Racial Gap in Retirement Wealth – Benjamin W. Veghte, Elliot Schreur, and Mikki Waid


November 2016 | Social Security: One System, Two Funds, Three Insurance Protections –


November 2016 | Infographic: It Pays to Talk


June 2016 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2016 Trustees Report – Benjamin W. Veghte and Elliot Schreur


June 2016 | Claiming Social Security Benefits: What to Know, What to Ask – Joan Entmacher, Benjamin W. Veghte, and Kristen Arnold 


June 2016 | Claiming Social Security Benefits: Different People, Different Choices – Joan Entmacher, Benjamin W. Veghte, and Kristen Arnold 


May 2016 | Video – A Tale of Two Brothers: It Pays to Wait


January 2016 | A Young Person’s Guide to Social Security, Third Edition – Kathryn Anne Edwards, Anna Turner, and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez


August 2015 |  Will Social Security Still Be There?


July 2015 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2015 Trustees Report


October 2014 | Americans Make Hard Choices on Social Security: A Survey with Trade-off Analysis – Elisa A. Walker, Virginia P. Reno, and Thomas N. Bethell


July 2014 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2014 Trustees Report – Elisa A. Walker, Virginia P. Reno, and Thomas N. Bethell 


February 2014 | Brief – Social Security: It Pays to Wait – Virginia P. Reno, Jasmine V. Tucker, and Elisa A. Walker 


February 2014 | Fact Sheet – Social Security: It Pays to Wait


October 2013 | What’s Next for Social Security? Essential Facts for Action – Virginia P. Reno 


August 2013 | Video – Social Security: Americans Agree 


August 2013 | Comments of Virginia P. Reno: Response to the Ways and Means Committee on Chained CPI and Other Benefit Adjustments – Virginia P. Reno


June 2013 | Social Security Disability Insurance: Action Needed to Address Finances – Virginia P. Reno, Elisa A. Walker, and Thomas N. Bethell


May 2013 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2013 Trustees Report – Elisa A. Walker, Virginia P. Reno, and Thomas N. Bethell


May 2013 | Strengthening Social Security: Views Among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and White Americans  – Jasmine V. Tucker 


January 2013 | Report – Strengthening Social Security: What Do Americans Want? – Jasmine V. Tucker, Virginia P. Reno, Thomas N. Bethell


November 2012 | Supplemental Security Income for Children with Disabilities – Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Vallas


August 2012 | Video – Social Security: Just the Facts


July 2012 | A Young Person’s Guide to Social SecurityKathryn Anne Edwards, Anna Turner, and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez


June 2012 | Social Security: A Key Part of Policies to Strengthen Retirement Security – Virginia P. Reno 


April 2012 | Quick Answers to Common Questions about Social Security


April 2012 | Implications of the Payroll Tax Holiday for Social Security – Elisa A. Walker, Thomas N. Bethell, and Virginia P. Reno 


April 2012 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2012 Trustees Report – Virginia P. Reno, Elisa A. Walker, and Thomas N. Bethell


December 2011 | Testimony of Virginia P. Reno: “Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program” – Virginia P. Reno


September 2011 | How Would Seniors Fare – by Age, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, and Income – Under the Bowles-Simpson Social Security Proposals by 2070? – Virginia P. Reno and Elisa A. Walker


June 2011 | How Would Shifting to a Chained CPI Affect the Federal Budget? – Virginia P. Reno, Thomas N. Bethell, and Elisa A. Walker 


June 2011 | Social Security Beneficiaries Face 19% Cut; New Revenue Can Restore Balance – Virginia P. Reno, Thomas N. Bethell, and Elisa A. Walker 


May 2011 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2011 Trustees Report – Virginia P. Reno, Elizabeth Lamme, and Elisa A. Walker 


April 2011 | Should Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment Be Changed? – Benjamin W. Veghte, Virginia P. Reno, Thomas N. Bethell, and Elisa A. Walker 


April 2011 | Improving Lives of Vulnerable Americans Through Social Security


January 2011 | Social Security Across Generations: Benefit Cuts Will Fall on Today’s Children and Grandchildren – Virginia Reno and Elisa Walker 


January 2011 | Call for Proposals: Improving Lives of Vulnerable Americans Through Social Security


November 2010 | Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run – Janice M. Gregory, Thomas N. Bethell, Virginia P. Reno, and Benjamin W. Veghte 


September 2010 | Economic Status of the Elderly in the United States – Virginia P. Reno and Benjamin Veghte


August 2010 | Video – Social Security at 75: A Cornerstone of America’s Future


August 2010 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2010 Trustees Report – Virginia P. Reno and Elizabeth Lamme


July 2010 | Call for Proposals: Improving Lives of Vulnerable Americans Through Social Security


July 2010 | Testimony of Virgina P. Reno at “Social Security at 75: More Necessary Than Ever” – Virginia P. Reno


June 2010 | Social Security: Good Policy Can Be Good Politics – Virginia P. Reno


June 2010 | Testimony of Janice M. Gregory Before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform – Janice M. Gregory


June 2010 | Statement of Thomas N. Bethell to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform – Tomas N. Bethell


May 2010 | A New Deal for Young Adults: Social Security Benefits for Post-Secondary School Students – Alexander Hertel-Fernandez


February 2010 | Tough Times Require Strong Social Security Benefits: Views on Social Security among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and White Americans – Maya Rockeymoore and Melissa Maitin-Shepard


January 2010 | When to Take Social Security: A Toolkit for Older Workers and their Families – Virginia P. Reno and Joni I. Lavery 


January 2010 | Call for Proposals: Innovative Projects to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Populations


October 2009 | Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing – Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery


August 2009 | Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security: Americans’ Views on Social SecurityVirginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery


May 2009 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2009 Trustees Report – Joni Lavery


April 2009 | Sharing Risks in a New Era of Responsibility – Jacob S. Hacker


February 2009 | Social Insurance: Two Visions for the Future 


January 2009 | Strengthening Social Security for the Long Run – Robert M. Ball


January 2009 | Innovative Policies to Strengthen Social Security For Vulnerable Populations


January 2009 | How Will We Pay for the Public Programs We Want?


January 2009 | Strengthening Social Security Benefits for Widow(er)s: The 75 Percent Combined Worker Benefit Alternative – Joan Entmacher 


January 2009 | Enhancing Social Security for Low-Income Workers: Coordinating an Enhanced Minimum Benefit with Social Safety Net Provisions for Seniors – Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Meschede, and Thomas M. Shapiro


January 2009 | Presentation: Sharing Risk In a “New Era of Responsibility” – Jacob Hacker


January 2009 | Strengthening Social Security for Vulnerable Groups – Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery, eds. 


January 2009 | What Vision of Retirement Income Security Will Guide Policy? – 


January 2009 | Protecting the Vulnerable, Spurring the Economy: Social Insurance in an Economic Downturn – E.J. Dionne


January 2009 | Annual Conference Keynote Speech – On the Threshold of a New Social Compact – Diane Aviv


September 2008 | Social Security and Private Savings: Complementary Roles – Matthew Baumgart, Pamela Perun and Lisa Mensah


March 2008 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2008 Trustees Report – Joni Lavery 


March 2008 | Achieving Universal Participation in Social Insurance Systems – Paul N. Van de Water


February 2008 | Children’s Stake in Social Security – Joni Lavery and Virginia P. Reno


February 2008 | Brief – Social Security: An Essential Asset and Insurance Protection for All – Robert Rosenblatt


January 2008 | Report – Social Security: An Essential Asset and Insurance Protection for All


November 2007 | Building on Social Security’s Success – Virginia P. Reno


September 2007 | Social Insurance Benefits Need Not Limit Economic Growth: New Evidence – Report of a seminar with Peter H. Lindert and others, prepared by Joni Lavery


May 2007 | Social Security and Retirement Income Adequacy – Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery


April 2007 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2007 Trustees Report – Virginia P. Reno and Johanna Gray 


February 2007 | Do We Need a New Social Contract? How Would We Pay for It?


February 2007 | Revisiting the Ethical Basis for Social Insurance


February 2007 | Facing the Retirement Security Challenge


November 2006 | Survivor Benefits for Families of Deceased Servicemembers and Overseas Contract Workers – Virginia P. Reno, Anita Cardwell, and Joni Lavery


September 2006 | Introduction to Family Well-Being Seminar – William Spriggs


September 2006 | Social Welfare Spending and Economic Growth – Peter Lindert


September 2006 | Political Sustainability and European Welfare States – Kimberly Morgan


September 2006 | Value Added Tax: A Primer – Itai Grinberg


September 2006 | Strengthening Security and Promoting Growth – Peter R. Orszag


September 2006 | U.S. Health Care Challenges – Jack C. Ebeler


September 2006 | Family Well-Being, Public Policy, and Economic Growth: Lessons from History and Insights for the Future


May 2006 | Can We Afford Social Security When Baby Boomers Retire? – Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery


May 2006 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2006 Trustees Report – Virginia P. Reno and Anita Cardwell 


January 2006 | Work Injury and Disability at Older Ages: Social Security and Workers’ Compensation – Robert Schoeni


January 2006 | Increasing Retirement Income Security through Common Sense Reforms – Mark Iwry, Moderator


January 2006 | The Diverse Aging Boomers: Who Are They? – Melissa Favreault


January 2006 | What is Happening with the U.S. Jobs Machine? – Williams Rodgers III 


January 2006 | What are Employers Thinking and Doing about their Aging Workforces? – William Arnone


January 2006 | The Business Case for Workers Age 50+ – Roselyn Feinsod


June 2005 | Protecting and Strengthening Social Security; Options for the Administration of Personal Accounts – Virginia Reno


June 2005 | Reassessing the Relationship Between Disability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation – James B. Lockhart III 


March 2005 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2005 Trustees Report – Virginia Reno and Anita Cardwell


March 2005 | Social Security: What Role for Life Annuities in Individual Accounts? Issues, Options, and Tradeoffs – Virginia P. Reno and Joni Lavery


January 2005 | Retirement Security: Public Perceptions and Misperceptions – Anna Rappaport


January 2005 | The Disability Community’s Perspective – Ethel Zelenske


January 2005 | Uncharted Waters: Paying Benefits from Individual Accounts in Federal Retirement Policy – Virginia P. Reno, Michael J. Graetz, Kenneth S. Apfel, Joni Lavery, and Catherine Hill


January 2005 | Institutional Arrangements for Providing Life Annuities – Howell Jackson and Douglas Elliott


January 2005 | Individual Account Taxation – Lily Batchelder


January 2005 | Spousal Rights, Disabled Workers and Children: An Overview – Kilolo Kijakazi


January 2005 | Spousal Rights – Joan Entmacher


January 2005 | Overview: Paying Benefits from Individual Accounts in Federal Retirement Policy – Kenneth S. Apfel and Michael J. Graetz


January 2005 | Children, Life Insurance, and Bequests – Maya MacGuineas


January 2005 | Financial Demographics – Lisa Mensah


January 2005 | Powerpoints (in Word format) and Talking Points – Study Panel on Paying Benefits from Individual Accounts in Federal Retirement Policy


January 2005 | Payouts at Retirement – Jeffrey Brown


January 2005 | Annuities: What Protections for Widowed Spouses – Karen Holden


January 2005 | Worker-Specific Offsets – Stephen C. Goss


January 2005 | Pre-Retirement Access to Accounts – Peter Orszag


September 2004 | Social Security as Part of an Integrated National Disability Policy – Virginia Reno


June 2004 | The Role of the Chief Actuary of Social Security – Robert Rosenblatt and Larry DeWitt


March 2004 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2004 Trustees Report – Virginia Reno and Nelly Ganesan


January 2004 | Perspectives in Retirement Risks and the Individual – Anna M. Rappaport and Monica Dragut


January 2004 | Increasing the Early Retirement Age under Social Security: Health, Work and Financial Resources – Michael V. Leonesio, Denton R. Vaughan, and Bernard Wixon


March 2003 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2003 Trustees Report – Catherine Hill and Virginia Reno


February 2003 | Children’s Stake in Social Security – Catherine Hill and Virginia Reno


July 2002 | Testimony Before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Hearing on Social Security Disability Programs’ Challenges and Opportunities – Patricia Owens 


March 2002 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2002 Trustees Report – Catherine Hill and Virginia Reno


March 2002 | Fact Sheet: Social Security Pays Benefits in Wake of September 11th Attacks


June 2001 | Disability Income Policy in 2001—Excerpts from Balancing Security & Opportunity: The Challenge of Disability Income


May 2001 | The Environment of Disability Income Policy: Programs, People, History and Context – Jerry L. Mashaw and Virginia P. Reno, eds.


March 2001 | Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce – Virginia Reno and June Eichner


March 2001 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2001 Trustees Report – Kathryn Olson and Virginia Reno


December 2000 | Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce – Virginia Reno and June Eichner


August 2000 | Widows, Poverty, and Social Security Policy Options – Christina Smith FitzPatrick and Joan Entmacher


March 2000 | Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2000 Trustees Report – Kathryn Olson and Virginia P.Reno


October 1999 | Is More Choice Always Better? – George Loewenstein


July 1999 | Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Debunking Flawed Research on People of Color and Women in Social Security Reform – Kilolo Kijakazi 


July 1999 | Fact Sheet: Social Security and Elderly People of Color – Virginia Reno, Vice President for Research


March 1999 | Why Social Insurance? – E.J. Dionne, Jr. 


March 1999 | Social Security: Past, Present and Future – Sylvester J. Schieber


January 1999 | Experts Agree on Economics, Differ on Values and Politics of Privatizing Social Security


November 1998 | Evaluating Issues in Privatizing Social Security – Report of the Panel on Privatization of Social Security


November 1998 | Can We Afford Social Security When Baby Boomers Retire? – Virginia P. Reno and Kathryn Olson


October 1998 | Shifting from Defined Benefit (DB) to Defined Contribution (DC) Benefits: Implications for Workers’ Disability and Survivor Benefits – Peter A. Diamond, Stephen C. Gross, and Virginia P. Reno


September 1998 | Political Risk and Social Security Reform – Hugh Helco


September 1998 | Sooner is Better in Social Security Reform – Michael J. Boskin


September 1998 | The Predictability of Retirement Income – Lawrence H. Thompson 


December 1996 | Advisory Council on Social Security Update – Virginia Reno and Kathryn Olson


1996 | Balancing Security and Opportunity: The Challenge of Disability Income Policy – Jerry L. Mashaw and Virginia P. Reno, eds


1996 | Restructuring the SSI Disability Program for Children and Adolescents – Jerry L. Mashaw, James M. Perrin, Virginia P. Reno 


November 1988 | The Social Security Benefit Notch: A Study – Robert J. Myers, Gary Burtless, Suzanne B. Dilk, and James W. Kelley