Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis
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About Us
Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
ORES is responsible for:
- Conducting policy research and evaluation and sponsoring the Retirement Research Consortium;
- Providing statistical data on OASDI and SSI program benefits, payments, covered workers, and other indicators;
- Sponsoring special-purpose survey data collections and studies to improve data for research and statistics related to social security issues
- Developing links between administrative record data and survey data for use in Social Security research and policy analysis;
- Developing and operating microsimulation models that estimate the distributional effects of proposed changes in Social Security programs;
- Disseminating research and statistical material through print and Web publications; and
- Ensuring the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of statistical data and participating in several interagency statistical programs and projects.
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