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Selected Research & Analysis by Subject

Data sets, linkages, quality, and evaluation

Measurement methodology
Surveys

Demographic characteristics

Age:  Aged  |  Baby boomers  |  Children (aged 21 or younger)
Disabled
Immigration status
Marital status:  General  |  Divorced  |  Widowed
Race and ethnicity
Sex:  Comparative  |  Men  |  Women
Veterans

Disability Determination Process (for DI and SSI)

Impairments analysis (primary/secondary, comorbidity)

Disability Insurance (DI) program

Beneficiaries
Claiming behavior

Economics of Social Security

Financial literacy, knowledge, and education

Social Security Statement

Health insurance (including Medicare and Medicaid)

History (general, agency, programs)

International social programs

Modeling (simulations, projections)

Modeling Income in the Near Term (MINT)

Mortality

Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program

Beneficiaries
Claiming behavior
Early retirees (claiming before full retirement age)
Eligibility
Pension interaction
Retirement Earnings Test
Survivors

Policy Analysis

Disability (DI and/or SSI)
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) only

Program interactions

Reform of Social Security

Administrative aspects
Distributional analysis

Representative payees

Retirement income (general)

Deferred compensation (pensions, retirement plans)
Distribution of income by source
Replacement rates
Saving behavior

Socioeconomic characteristics

Earnings or income
Education
Poverty
Wealth

State and local analysis or social programs

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program

Recipients

Taxes

Income
Social Security

Trust Funds (financing, solvency)

Work and employment

Younger workers
Near retirement
After claiming old-age benefits
Before claiming disability benefits
After DI or SSI claiming (return to work)