Understanding the increased financial hardship experienced by older adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Morris, Zachary A. “Understanding the increased financial hardship experienced by older adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic”. CRR WP 2022-9, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, August 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109547.
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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze why older adults with disabilities experienced greater financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hypothesized that increased household spending during the pandemic due to increased disability-related costs, and not job loss, mediated the relationship between disability and financial insecurity. The paper analyzes data for adults ages 51 and older from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) 2020 survey, which was carried out from March 2020 to May 2021 (N=13,083).

Title
Understanding the increased financial hardship experienced by older adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author
Morris, Zachary A.
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
August 2022
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
CRR WP
Series Number
2022-9
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109547
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Subject
Social Security

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