A behavioral economics assessment of SSDI earnings reporting documents

Hoffman, Denise, Jonah Deutsch, and Britta Seifert. “A behavioral economics assessment of SSDI earnings reporting documents”. CRR WP 2020-15, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, November 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109054.
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Abstract

This study uses insights from the behavioral economics literature to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of seven SSA written communications that include information on earnings reporting.  We conducted a behavioral assessment of the documents' contents on earnings reporting to identify bottlenecks that may prevent beneficiaries from taking desired actions in four key domains: notice and open the document, locate and read the material on earnings reporting, decide to act, and act. The findings from this exercise are only suggestive and the extent to which modifying any of the components reviewed would affect earnings reporting is unknown.

Title
A behavioral economics assessment of SSDI earnings reporting documents
Author
Hoffman, Denise
Deutsch, Jonah
Seifert, Britta
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
Working paper
Date Issued
November 2020
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
CRR WP
Series Number
2020-15
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109054
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Subject
Financing Retirement

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