Richard W. Johnson

Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center

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1.

Work and Retirement Patterns for the G.I. Generation, Silent Generation, and Early Boomers: Thirty Years of Change

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2010-8
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Jul 2010
Richard W. Johnson, Barbara A. Butrica and Corina Mommaerts
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, The Urban Institute and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Economics
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Retiring Together or Working Alone: The Impact of Spousal Employment and Disability on Retirement Decisions

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Retiring Together or Working Alone: The Impact of Spousal Employment and Disability on Retirement Decisions

CRR Working Paper No. 2001-01
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Apr 2001
Richard W. Johnson and No Name
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Retirement, Retirement Policies, Employment, Disability

Retiring Together or Working Alone: The Impact of Spousal Employment and Disability on Retirement Decisions

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2001
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Richard W. Johnson and No Name
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Understanding Expenditure Patterns in Retirement

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Jun 2008
Barbara A. Butrica, Joshua H. Goldwyn and Richard W. Johnson
The Urban Institute, Urban Institute and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
Downloads 270 (237,276)
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Retirement Prospects for the Millennials: What Is the Early Prognosis?

CRR WP 2017-17
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 07 Nov 2019
Richard W. Johnson, Karen E. Smith, Damir Cosic and Claire Xiaozhi Wang
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute, Congressional Budget Office and The Urban Institute
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Parental Care at Midlife: Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities Near Retirement

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 May 2001
Richard W. Johnson and Anthony T. Lo Sasso
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and DePaul University - Department of Economics
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How Gloomy is the Retirement Outlook for Millennials?

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2022-22
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Aug 2022
Karen Smith and Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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retirement, labor force participation, living standards, financial security

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Employment, Social Security, and Future Retirement Outcomes for Single Mothers

CRR Working Paper No. 2003-14
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Oct 2003
Richard W. Johnson, No Name and Joshua H. Goldwyn
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Urban Institute
Downloads 160 (387,473)
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Social Security, Employment, Retirement

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Medicare, Retirement Costs, and Labor Supply at Older Ages

Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2002-08
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Feb 2003
Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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Job Changes at Older Ages: Effects on Wages, Benefits, and Other Job Attributes

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Nov 2008
Richard W. Johnson and Janette Kawachi
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and The Urban Institute
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Age Differences in Job Displacement, Job Search, and Reemployment

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2011-3
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Jan 2011
Richard W. Johnson and Corina Mommaerts
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Economics
Downloads 146 (418,093)
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When the Nest Egg Cracks: Financial Consequences of Health Problems, Marital Status Changes, and Job Layoffs at Older Ages

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Richard W. Johnson, Gordon Mermin and Cori E. Uccello
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN and American Academy of Actuaries
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Do Health Problems Reduce Consumption at Older Ages?

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Do Health Problems Reduce Consumption at Older Ages?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Apr 2009
Barbara A. Butrica, Richard W. Johnson and Gordon Mermin
The Urban Institute, Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Impact of Late-Career Health and Employment Shocks on Social Security and Other Wealth

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Jul 2008
Richard W. Johnson, Gordon Mermin and Dan Murphy
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Age Discrimination, Job Separation, and Employment Status of Older Workers: Evidence from Self-Reports

NBER Working Paper No. w5619
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jun 1997 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2022
Richard W. Johnson and David Neumark
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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Does Work Pay at Older Ages?

CRR Woking Paper No. 2004- 30
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Barbara A. Butrica, Richard W. Johnson, Karen E. Smith and C. Eugene Steuerle
The Urban Institute, Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute and Urban Institute
Downloads 88 (605,034)
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The Long-Term Impact of Disability, Employment, and Marital Status Shocks: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Nov 2019
Owen Haaga and Richard W. Johnson
The Urban Institute and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
Downloads 86 (613,664)

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Social Security Claiming: Trends and Business Cycle Effects

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2012-5
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Feb 2012
Richard W. Johnson and Owen Haaga
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 78 (649,147)
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social security, claiming, retirement, unemployment, great recession

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Financial Hardship Before and after Social Security's Early Eligibility Age

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 May 2009
Richard W. Johnson and Gordon Mermin
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Distributional Effects of Alternative Strategies for Financing Long-Term Services and Supports and Assisting Family Caregivers

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, WP 2018-1, March 2018
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Mar 2018
No Name and Richard W. Johnson
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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Why Do Boomers Plan to Work So Long?

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2006-19
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Aug 2013
Gordon B. T. Mermin, Richard W. Johnson and Dan Murphy
Urban Institute, Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and Urban Institute
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Deferring Income in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans: The Dynamics of Participant Contributions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Karen E. Smith, Richard W. Johnson and Leslie Muller
Urban Institute, Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and Social Security Administration
Downloads 61 (738,352)
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Why Do Boomers Plan to Work so Long?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Gordon Mermin and Richard W. Johnson
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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Health Care Costs, Taxes, and the Retirement Decision: Conceptual Issues and Illustrative Simulations

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Aug 2013
Rudolph G. Penner and Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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Health Care Costs, Taxes, and the Retirement Decision: Conceptual Issues and Illustrative Simulation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Nov 2008
Rudolph G. Penner and Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute and Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center
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Cash Balance Plans: What Do They Mean for Retirement Security?

Posted: 24 Sep 2004
Richard W. Johnson and Cori E. Uccello
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center and American Academy of Actuaries

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When Should Medicare Coverage Begin?

Posted: 09 Sep 2004
Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center

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Medicare eligibility, medicare coverage

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Health Insurance Costs and Early Retirement Decisions

Posted: 09 Sep 2003
Richard W. Johnson, Amy J. Davidoff and Kevin Perese
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center, University of Maryland Baltimore County and U. S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - Long-Term Modeling Group

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retirement, retiree health insurance

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The Gender Gap in Pension Wealth: Is Women's Progress in the Labor Market Equalizing Benefits?

Posted: 12 Mar 2001
Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center

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pension, benefits, elderly, gender, gap, retirement

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The Impact of Human Capital Investments on Pension Benefits

JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS, Vol. 14, No. 3, July 1996
Posted: 07 Feb 1997
Richard W. Johnson
Urban Institute - Income and Benefits Policy Center

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