The Committee on Population thus established the Steering Committee on the Challenges of Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly to convene a meeting of experts to discuss these issues. The primary purpose of the workshop, held at the National Academies on June 10–11, 2010, was to help NIA gain insight into the kinds of questions that it should be asking, the research that it should be supporting, and the data that it should be collecting.

Contents

• The National Academies
• Steering Committee on the Challenges of Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly
• Committee on Population
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION
• THE ECONOMIC CRISIS NOW AND IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
• MARKETS, EXPECTATIONS, AND PREFERENCES
• WORK, LABOR MARKETS, AND RETIREMENT
• CONSUMPTION, SAVINGS, PENSIONS, AND WEALTH
• HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
• LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSFERS
• HOUSING
• GENERAL DISCUSSION: PRIORITIES FOR DATA COLLECTION
• References
• Appendix Workshop Agenda and Participants

Rapporteur: Malay Majmundar

This study was supported by the National Institute on Aging’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research through Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139, TO #92 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Suggested citation:

National Research Council. (2011). Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly: Summary of a Workshop. M. Majmundar, Rapporteur. Steering Committee on the Challenges of Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly. Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

NOTICE: Any opinions, findings, conclusion, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organization or agencies that provided support for the project. The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.