U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy

Partnerships

 

Retirement Research Consortium

The Retirement Research Consortium (RRC) consists of three multidisciplinary centers housed in three separate institutions (Boston College, the University of Michigan, and the National Bureau of Economic Research) and is funded through cooperative agreements with the Social Security Administration. SSA awarded approximately $5 million to the RRC in 2003, when the current 5-year award was made. Funding is expected to continue at that level or higher for each of the remaining years of the award.

The RRC has three main goals:

  • Conduct research and evaluation
  • Disseminate information on retirement research and
  • Train scholars and practitioners

To meet these goals, the centers perform many activities. They conduct research, prepare policy briefs and working papers, hold an annual conference, and provide research and training support for young scholars. For further information about those activities, affiliated institutions, or individual researchers, please visit the Web sites of the respective institutions: