The economic downturn and its impact on older Americans is examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Insight on the Issues by Sandy Mackenzie. It finds that the federal government must concentrate ... More

A look at distributions of income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2008. An AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu. More

Up-to-date state-level data on population, poverty rates, per capita state personal income, state tax rates, property tax relief programs, and state and local government revenues and spending programs ... More

According to a new PPI Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu of the AARP Public Policy Institute, Older persons with low family income depend heavily on Social Security income. More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet looks at sources of income for African Americans age 65+ and finds they rely on Social Security far more than retirees as a whole. Using data from the U.S. ... More

A brief summary of the similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper assessing policy implications of the impact of printed direct-to-consumer advertising as a source of consumer informati ... More

Introduction to an AARP Public Policy Institute study containing a model state law with key consumer protection provisions, plus summaries of state statutes on home improvement financing by Margot Sau ... More

Without Social Security, half of all women over 65 would live in poverty, according to this Public Policy Institute Data Digest in which Ke Bin Wu analyzes the poverty rates of women age 65+ in the U. ... More

The recent economic recovery has been the least robust of any since World War Two, and has resulted in lower real incomes and greater income inequality for Americans age 50 and older, according to thi ... More

Reports suggesting that boomers have retirement savings of $50,000 or less underestimate the amounts that boomers have and are likely to have at retirement. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Data D ... More