Brookings: Topics - Aging

Automatic : Changing the Way America Saves

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Automatic argues for a fresh approach to increase saving, simplify retirement planning, and help manage the risks associated with today's individual account environment.

Getting Current: Recent Demographic Trends in Metropolitan America

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Changing demographics—where people live, educational attainment, aging of boomers, diversity in population growth, poverty rates—raises key policy and program issues for the new government in Washington. In view of that, the Metropolitan Policy Program has compiled and detailed important trends that are shaping the nation’s engines of economic growth and opportunity.

Health Care Consumption and the Relative Well-Being of the Aged

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gary Burtlesshas examines the distribution of health consumption and financing in a single recent year. It compares the implications of two sets of estimates of effects of the current health care system on the distribution of income across persons and across age groups.

Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

July 30, 2008, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

As baby-boomers begin to retire and health care spending continues to outpace income growth, Medicare faces a dire financial future and needs reform. To help guide the debate that will precede this reform, Henry Aaron and Jeanne Lambrew have written Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities which outlines three broad approaches to reform. At this event, Aaron, Lambrew and other advocates discussed the three different reform strategies.

Bridging the Social Security Divide: Lessons From Abroad

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kent Weaver argues that a new approach to Social Security reform requires the president and congressional leaders to agree on an overall mandate for a commission named through a bipartisan nominating process designed to generate a group that is likely to focus on practical, consensus-building solutions. Special procedures in each house of Congress would provide expedited consideration of the commission’s reform package and alternatives, while providing incentives for constructive congressional engagement in the reform process.

Increasing Annuitization of 401(k) Plans with Automatic Trial Income

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Despite their many benefits, the take-up rate for annuities is currently low because of behavioral biases and market failures. In this paper, William Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker propose a two-year trial to allow retirees to experience the consistency, security, and simplicity of the lifetime income stream guaranteed by annuities.

The Odyssey Years: The Changing 20s

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In 1960, roughly 70 percent of 30-year-olds were married, financially independent and starting a family. By 2000, fewer than 40 percent of 30-year-olds had done the same. William Galston discusses the trend and implications.

Mapping the Growth of Older America

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Aging baby boomers constitute this decade's fastest growing age group, expanding nearly 50 percent in size from 2000 to 2010. This group -- more highly educated, with more professional women, and more diverse than its predecessors -- will add new stresses .

Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Barry Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich (November 2006)

Financing Health Care with Limited Resources

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Speech by Henry J. Aaron, Conference on Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation (10/7/04)

Social Norms, Rules of Thumb, and Retirement: Evidence for Rationality in Retirement Planning

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Gary Burtless (October 2004)

Fertility Declines and Youth Dependency: Implications for the Global Economy

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

A working paper by Ralph C. Bryant, Hamid Faruqee, Delia Velculescu, and Elif Arbatli (2/09/2003)

Demographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Ralph C. Bryant (September 2004)

The Impact of Aging on Financial Markets and the Economy: A Survey

Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Barry P. Bosworth, Ralph C. Bryant, and Gary Burtless (July 2004)

Asset Accumulation and Retirement Income Under Individual Retirement Accounts: Evidence From Five Countries

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Gary Burtless (7/14/03)

Incorporating Demographic Change in Multi-Country Macroeconomic Models: Some Preliminary Results

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Ralph C. Bryant and Warwick J. McKibbin (4/09/2003)

Pension Reform and Incentives for Saving and Retirement

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

A paper by Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless ((1/29/2003)

Does Population Aging Represent a Crisis for Rich Societies?

Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Gary Burtless (1/6/02)

Distributional Impact of Social Security Reforms: Summary

Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT

A paper by Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless, and Claudia Sahm (8/22/2000)

Living Longer: The Challenges of an Aging Population

Thu, 25 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Event Information:

May 25, 2000 at 12:00 AM

Stylized Earnings for Birth Cohorts 1931-60

Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 GMT

Stylized Earnings for Birth Cohorts 1931-60: Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless Paper, December 1999

Aging Societies : The Global Dimension

Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Social Security Reform in a Global Context

Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless (6/97)

The Aging of America: Will the Baby Boom Be Ready for Retirement?

Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by William G. Gale (Summer 1997)

Budget Crunch: Population Aging in Rich Countries

Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless (Summer 1997)