Webinar: How does Housing Assistance Affect Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Application for People with Disabilities?

This February 26th webinar focused on a recent study exploring how housing assistance may influence people’s decision to apply for and receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. The research was presented by Erik Hembre, who conducted the study with Carly Urban at the Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center, supported by the … Continue reading Webinar: How does Housing Assistance Affect Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Application for People with Disabilities?

The Rise of Mortgages in Retirement: A Webinar Exploration of Study Findings and Insights

The Center for Financial Security produced a webinar on March 14, 2018 exploring the findings from a study examining the increasing rate of mortgages among elderly households and reasons for this rise. Following the research presentation, discussants from the AARP Foundation and Elder Financial Safety Center with The Senior Source offered insights into how these findings may impact programmatic efforts to serve … Continue reading The Rise of Mortgages in Retirement: A Webinar Exploration of Study Findings and Insights

Erik Hembre

Assistant Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Illinois-Chicago ehembre@uic.edu Areas of Research Interest:  Public Economics, Labor Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. More Information Previous Return to Fellows Next

J. Michael Collins, Erik Hembre, Carly Urban, and Drew Anderson Recipients of 2016 Sandell Grant Program

The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement research and policy. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues. This year J. Michael … Continue reading J. Michael Collins, Erik Hembre, Carly Urban, and Drew Anderson Recipients of 2016 Sandell Grant Program