Retirement and Disability Research Center
The NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center is one of six Centers funded by cooperative agreement with the Social Security Administration as part of its Retirement and Disability Research Consortium to serve as a national resource fostering high quality research on matters related to retirement and disability policy. The role of the consortium is to build and strengthen SSA’s capacity to undertake necessary research, evaluation, and policy development and to provide Social Security, disability, and retirement policy information to assist policymakers, the public, and the media in understanding Social Security, retirement, and disability policy issues.
The NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center conducts research to inform evidence-based retirement and disability policy design.
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Investigators

Nicole Maestas, a John D. MacArthur Professor of Economics and Health Care Policy at Harvard University, studies how the health and disability insurance systems affect individual economic behaviors, such as labor supply and the consumption of medical care.

Angelino Viceisza is a Professor of Economics at Spelman College and an NBER research associate. He has served as the President of the National Economic Association. His research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics, with applications in development, household finance, and entrepreneurship.
Supported by the Social Security Administration grants #RRC08098400, #DRC12000002, #RDR18000003, and #RDR23000006
The research reported herein was performed pursuant to grant #RDR18000003 from the US Social Security Administration (SSA) funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not represent the opinions or policy of NBER, SSA or any agency of the Federal Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the contents of this report. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.