Barry Bosworth

Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program

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1.

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

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Barry Bosworth, Ralph Bryant and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution
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Productivity Measurement Issues in Services Industries: Baumol's Disease Has Been Cured

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 3, September 2003
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Jack E. Triplett and Barry Bosworth
The Brookings Institute and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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productivity, economic measurement, information technology, Baumol's Disease

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Interest Rates and Economic Growth: Are They Related?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2014-8
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2014
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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interest rates, economic growth, capital markets

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Pension Reform in the Presence of Financial Market Risk

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Pension Reform in the Presence of Financial Market Risk

Boston College, Center of Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2002-01
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Aug 2002
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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pension reform, financial market risk

Pension Reform in the Presence of Financial Market Risk

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2002
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being

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The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being

Working Paper No. 2000-02
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 15 Jan 2001
Gary Burtless and Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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Social Security, retirement

The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2000
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution

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Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

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Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Barry Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Harvard University Department of Economics
Downloads 396 (159,866)
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Saving and Demographic Change: The Global Dimension

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Harvard University Department of Economics

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Accounting for Growth: Comparing China and India

NBER Working Paper No. w12943
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
Barry Bosworth and Susan M. Collins
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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Economic Consequences of the Great Recession: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2012-4
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Feb 2012
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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income dynamics, wealth, job loss, 2007, 2009, finance, retirement

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Sources of Growth in the Indian Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w12901
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 01 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Barry Bosworth, Susan M. Collins and Arvind Virmani
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Downloads 288 (228,407)
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Differential Mortality and Retirement Benefits in the Health and Retirement Study

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 May 2014
Barry Bosworth and Kathleen Burke
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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morality, Health and Retirement Study, benefits, retirement

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Lifetime Earnings Patterns, the Distribution of Future Social Security Benefits, and the Impact of Pension Reform

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Lifetime Earnings Patterns, the Distribution of Future Social Security Benefits, and the Impact of Pension Reform

Boston College CRR Working Paper No. 1999-06
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Nov 2000
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and C. Eugene Steuerle
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Urban Institute
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Social Security, Retirement, pension

Lifetime Earnings Patterns, the Distribution of Future Social Security Benefits, and the Impact of Pension Reform

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 1999
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Eugene Steurele
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and The Urban Institute

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The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income

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The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income

Boston College CRR Working Paper No. 2001-03
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Oct 2001
Gary Burtless, Barry Bosworth and Claudia Sahm
Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Independent
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Social Security, Retirement, Pension

The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2001
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Claudia Sahm
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Independent

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Impact of the Financial Crisis on Long-Term Growth

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jun 2015
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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Social Security on Auto-Pilot: International Experience with Automatic Stabilizer Mechanisms

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2011-18
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Barry Bosworth and R. Kent Weaver
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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baby boom generation, retirement, social security, high-income countries, fiancial problems, ASMs

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Recessions, Wealth Destruction, and the Timing of Retirement

Boston College Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2010-22
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Dec 2010
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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Rebalancing the US Economy in a Postcrisis World

ADBI Working Paper No. 236
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Aug 2010
Barry Bosworth, Susan M. Collins and Susan M. Collins
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policyaffiliation not provided to SSRN
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saving investment balance, basic determinants export, american economy postcrisis

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The Decline in Household Saving: What Can We Learn from Survey Data?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Barry Bosworth and Lisa Bell
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Trends in Industrialized Countries

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2013-23
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Dec 2013
Gary Burtless and Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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older workers

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Evaluating Micro-Survey Estimates of Wealth and Saving

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Evaluating Micro-Survey Estimates of Wealth and Saving

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Mar 2009
Barry Bosworth and Rosanna Smart
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Evaluating Micro-Survey Estimates of Wealth and Saving

Posted: 05 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Rosanna Smart
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Changing Sources of Income Among the Aged Population

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2012-27
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Nov 2012
Barry Bosworth and Kathleen Burke
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Sources of Increasing Differential Mortality Among the Aged by Socioeconomic Status

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jun 2015
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Kan Zhang
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution
Downloads 108 (545,094)
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Do Retired Americans Annuitize Too Little? Trends in the Share of Annuitized Income

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Jun 2015
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Mattan Alalouf
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
Downloads 105 (556,685)
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Why Don't Americans Save?

CRR Working Paper No. 2004-25
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Jun 2008
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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The Regulation of Prescription Drug Competition and Market Responses: Patterns in Prices and Sales Following Loss of Exclusivity

NBER Working Paper No. w19487
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2023
Murray Aitken, Ernst R. Berndt, Barry Bosworth, Iain M. Cockburn, Richard G. Frank, Michael Kleinrock and Bradley Shapiro
IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Boston University Questrom School of Business, Harvard Medical School, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Modeling Income in the Near Term: Projections of Retirement Income through 2020 for the 1931-60 Birth Cohorts

The Urban Institute, September 1999
Number of pages: 331 Posted: 25 Jan 2013
Eric J. Toder, Cori E. Uccello, John O'Hare, No Name, Caroline E. Ratcliffe, Karen E. Smith, Gary Burtless and Barry Bosworth
Urban Institute, American Academy of Actuaries, The Urban Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The Urban Institute - Labor and Social Policy Center, Urban Institute, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
Downloads 84 (643,381)
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Retirement and Older Americans

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An Evaluation of the CPI Indexes for Prescription Drugs

NBER Working Paper No. w24210
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
Barry Bosworth, John Bieler, Michael Kleinrock, Eric Koepcke and Ernst R. Berndt
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, Brookings Institution and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Evidence of Increasing Differential Mortality: A Comparison of the HRS and SIPP

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2015-13
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Jul 2015
Barry Bosworth and Kan Zhang
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
Downloads 76 (681,714)
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Supply-Side Consequences of Social Security Reform: Impacts on Saving and Employment

CRR Working Paper No. 2004-01
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Jun 2008
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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Price Deflators, the Trust Fund Forecast, and Social Security Solvency

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2010-12
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Nov 2010
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program
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GDP Price Deflator, CPI-W, Social Security

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Returns on FDI: Does the U.S. Really Do Better?

NBER Working Paper No. w13313
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2022
Barry Bosworth, Susan M. Collins, Susan M. Collins and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policyaffiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University Department of Economics
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Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America's Aged Population

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Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America's Aged Population

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Nov 2008
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Sarah Anders
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution
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Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America's Aged Population

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Sarah Anders
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution

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Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for Financing OASDI: An International Perspective

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2012-21
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Sep 2012
Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution
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Implications of the Bush Commission Reforms for Married Couples

Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2003-03
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jun 2003
Barry Bosworth, Benjamin J. Keys and Gary Burtless
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program, The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Real Estate Department and Brookings Institution
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Economic Growth in Greece: Past Performance and Future Prospects

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Jun 2001
Barry Bosworth and Tryphon Kollintzas
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics
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Greek economy, structural funds package, economic institutions, reforms

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Increasing Disparities in Mortality by Socioeconomic Status

Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 39, pp. 237-251, 2018
Posted: 18 Jun 2018
Barry Bosworth
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program

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Saving and Wealth Accumulation in the Psid, 1984-2005

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Sarah Anders
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and Brookings Institution

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The Wealth of Older Americans and the Sub-Prime Debacle

Posted: 05 Mar 2010
Barry Bosworth and Rosanna Smart
Brookings Institution - Economic Studies Program and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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