Hosted by Olivia S. Mitchell and Nikolai Roussanov, Wharton’s Pension Research Council held its annual Spring Symposium in May of 2026, bringing together leading academics, Industry experts, and policymakers to explore the rise of public debt and how it shapes saving, investments, and retirement. Presentations covered the federal debt, social security, investment trends, and retirement wellbeing. …Read More
Dr. Sylvain Catherine, an Advisory Board member of Wharton’s Pension Research Council, explains why traditional measures of U.S. wealth inequality are incomplete when they exclude Social Security benefits. Read his Q&A with Knowledge at Wharton to learn more.…Read More
Retirees’ biggest regret is saving too little, as Wharton Professor Olivia S. Mitchell explains to Robert “Bob” Powell of Decoding Retirement. Via yahoo!finance. …Read More
Social Security coding quirks and outdated technology, account for the 150-year-old Americans in the database, explains Wharton Professor, Olivia S. Mitchell, via The Washington Post.…Read More
The Social Security Fairness Act fails to address the system’s deeper financial issues and exacerbates the program’s financial instability, warns Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council, via thinkadvisor.com.…Read More
By passing the Social Security Fairness Act, Congress not only continues to neglect the system’s looming insolvency but also accelerates its arrival, argues Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School argues, via newsweek.com.…Read More
In a research paper (Jan. 2023), co-authors Vanya Horneff and Raimond Maurer from Goethe University at Frankfurt, and Olivia S. Mitchell from Wharton underscore the value of integrating deferred income annuities into retirement plans. Their study suggests that waiting until age 70 for Social Security benefits, alongside the SECURE 2.0 Act’s emphasis on annuities, can significantly enhance retirement welfare. This highlights a valuable strategy for retirees to optimize their benefits and improve financial security. …Read More
Retirees who earned more benefit most from deferred income annuities, while the lower-paid fare better by delaying claiming Social Security. Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell makes the case here: Knowledge at Wharton. …Read More
Social Security offers more than most other countries’ retirement systems, but restoring its solvency is key to Americans’ retirement security, says Wharton Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell, via InvestmentNews.…Read More
Social Security benefit payments have exceeded revenue for more than a decade. Uncertainty over program solvency makes it difficult to plan for retirement, explains Wharton Professor Olivia S. Mitchell, via aol.com.…Read More
