Fed/GFLEC Financial Literacy Seminar Series

December 5, 2013

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Seminar VI: Disability Benefit Growth and Disability Reform in the U.S.: Lessons from Other OECD Nations

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Richard Burkhauser

Professor of Policy Analysis, Cornell University


FinLit Talks: Interviews with Financial Literacy Thought Leaders

LOCATION

George Washington University School of Business
Duquès Hall, Room 651
2201 G Street NW (main entrance on 22nd Street between G and H Streets)

Bio: Richard Burkhauser

Richard V. Burkhauser joined PAM in 1998. In 2012 he began a joint appointment as a Professorial Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (University of Melbourne).  He spends January through June at the University of Melbourne and July through December at Cornell University.  His professional career has focused on how public policies affect the economic behavior and well-being of vulnerable populations, e.g., older persons, people with disabilities, low-skilled workers. His research focuses on how public policies affect the economic behavior and well-being of vulnerable populations, e.g., older persons, people with disabilities, and low-income households. He has published widely on these topics in journals of demography, economics, gerontology, as well as public policy.