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<h3>Social Security Bulletin, <abbr title="Volume">Vol.</abbr>&nbsp;69, <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr>&nbsp;4</h3>
<div class="releaseDate">(released December 2009)</div></div> <div class="container-red downloadBox"><p><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/ssb-v69n4.pdf" title="Download entire publication as PDF">Download entire publication</a></p></div> <div class="ssbArticle">
<div><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/v69n4p1.html">The Age-18 Redetermination and Postredetermination Participation in SSI</a></div>
<div class="authors">by Jeffrey Hemmeter and Elaine Gilby</div>
<p>This article describes the outcomes of the redetermination of Supplemental Security Income (<abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr>) eligibility when a child recipient reaches age&nbsp;18. Statistics on the characteristics of youth whose eligibility is redetermined are presented using 8&nbsp;years of administrative data, and the relationship between these characteristics and both an initial cessation decision and a successful appeal or reapplication for <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> are discussed.</p>
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<div><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/v69n4p27.html">The Retirement Research Consortium: Past, Present, and Future</a></div>
<div class="authors">by Paul S. Davies and T. Lynn Fisher</div>
<p>This article provides an overview of the Retirement Research Consortium (<abbr class="spell">RRC</abbr>) from the Social Security Administration's perspective, including a brief history of the development of the <abbr class="spell">RRC</abbr>, a discussion of the aims of the <abbr class="spell">RRC</abbr>, and some thoughts on its future. The mission of the <abbr class="spell">RRC</abbr> is to plan and conduct a broad research program to develop Social Security and retirement policy information to assist policymakers, the public, and the media in understanding the issues. The <abbr class="spell">RRC</abbr> has been a remarkably successful extramural research venture that has advanced the knowledge base on Social Security and retirement issues, trained new scholars to become the next generation of Social Security and retirement policy experts, and provided objective, research-based input to the policymaking process.</p>
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<div><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/v69n4p35.html">The Research Contributions of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College</a></div>
<div class="authors">by Steven A. Sass</div>
<p>This article reviews the research contributions of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College over its <span class="nobr">10-year</span> history and their implications for Social Security and retirement income policy in three major areas: (1)&nbsp;Social Security's long-term financing shortfall, (2)&nbsp;the adequacy of retirement incomes, and (3)&nbsp;labor force participation at older ages as a means to improve retirement income security. The center has received substantial funding support from the Social Security Administration (<abbr class="spell">SSA</abbr>) in each area and has also successfully leveraged <abbr class="spell">SSA</abbr>'s investment by attracting funding from other sources.</p>
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<div><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/v69n4p51.html">Social Security Research at the Michigan Retirement Research Center</a></div>
<div class="authors">by Richard V. Burkhauser, Alan L. Gustman, John Laitner, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Amanda Sonnega</div>
<p>The Office of Retirement and Disability Policy at the Social Security Administration created the Retirement Research Consortium in 1998 to encourage research on topics related to Social Security and the well-being of older Americans, and to foster communication between the academic and policy communities. The Michigan Retirement Research Center (<abbr class="spell">MRRC</abbr>) has participated in the Consortium since its inception. This article surveys a selection of the <abbr class="spell">MRRC</abbr>'s output over its first 10&nbsp;years and highlights several themes in the Center's ongoing research.</p>
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<div><a href="/policy/docs/ssb/v69n4/v69n4p65.html">Social Security in a Changing Environment: Findings From the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research</a></div>
<div class="authors">by David A. Wise and Richard Woodbury</div>
<p>Since September&nbsp;2003, the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research has conducted a coordinated series of investigations on Social Security in a changing environment and the potential routes to sustainable solvency. The Center supports extensive collaborative research over a multiyear horizon to achieve a more fully integrated understanding of Social Security's challenges and the changing environment in which it operates. This article is an overview of the studies completed since the Center's inception.</p>
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