Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Type	Research center
Established	1998
Location	Boston College, Haley House Chestnut Hill, MA, USA [1]
Director	Andrew D. Eschtruth [2]
Board of Advisors	Stuart Altman, Brandeis University, Barbara Bovbjerg, Government Accountability Office, Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, J. Mark Iwry, Brookings Institution, Michael Orszag, Towers Watson, Angela O'Rand, Duke University
Website	https://crr.bc.edu/

Haley House, Boston College is the center's location.

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) was founded in 1998 by Alicia Munnell through a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration. ^[3] The center is a non-profit research institute, affiliated with the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. ^[4] All of the CRR's research and publications are available to the public on its website. ^[5]

The center sponsors multiple research projects and disseminates the findings, trains new scholars, and provides access to data on retirement. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Dissemination and publications

The Center distributes its research findings to an audience of government, corporate and labor leaders, the media, and the general public through a variety of publications.

• Issues in Brief: ^[11] – analyses of topical issues.
• Working Papers: ^[12] – in-depth review of research issues.
• Squared Away Blog: ^[13] – blog on financial behavior and money culture.
• Special Projects: ^[14] – initiatives that go beyond the scope of the center's standard research studies. The most recent special projects include: Public Plans Data website, ^[15] the National Retirement Risk Index, ^[16] Measuring and Mitigating Retirement Risks, ^[17] Closing the Coverage Gap, ^[18] The Social Security Claiming Guide, ^[19] and The Social Security Fix-It Book. ^[20]

References

1. "About Us". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
2. "Andrew D. Eschtruth". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
3. "U.S. Social Security Administration". Center for Retirement research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
4. "CSOM - Research centers and forums". Bc.edu. 2010-08-27. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
5. "The Center for Retirement Research". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
6. Farrell, Chris (2011-01-11). "Rethinking the Public-Pension Punching Bag". Business Week. Archived from the original on January 14, 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
7. "Boomers Take The 'Retire' Out Of Retirement". NPR. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
8. E.S. Browning (2011-02-19). "Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Come Up Short". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
9. Pear, Robert (2011-02-21). "Long Term Care Program Needs Change". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
10. Greenhouse, Steven (2011-03-02). "Making the Most of Less". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
11. "Issues in Brief". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
12. "Working Papers". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
13. "Squared Away Blog". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
14. "Special Projects". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
15. "Public Plans Data Home". Public Plans Data. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
16. "National Retirement Risk Index". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
17. "Measuring and Mitigating Retirement Risks". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
18. "Closing the Coverage Gap". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
19. "The Social Security Claiming Guide". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
20. "The Social Security Fix-It Book". Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

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