John C. Scott
Adjunct Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Director of the Retirement Income Project, Pew Charitable Trust
Chapter Member: North Carolina SSN
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Scott studies public policies that focus on older Americans with a focus on employer-provided retirement plans. He also does research and teaches about the politics of the policy making process, with a particular interest in how networks of policy actors develop policy. Much of this work has been on lobbyists at both the federal and state levels.
Contributions
Are Americans Losing the Chance to Retire Comfortably?
Key Findings Brief,
Publications
"Obama Lies and Grandma Dies: Medicare and Health Care Reform" (with ). Journal of Health, Policy, Politics and Law 36, no. 3 (2011).
Considers how Medicare is discussed in the politics of health care reform.
"The Aging Workforce in Carolina: Challenges and Opportunities" (with ). Carolina Context 9 (2009).
"Wealth Inequality and the Prospects for Increasing Intergenerational Transfers" (with ). Social Science Research 36, no. 3 (2008).
Estimates recent trends in wealth inequality and whether inequality will continue.
"Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Towards What End?," (with ), AARP Research Report 2006-01, December 31, 2005.
Examines the concept of phased retirement and who engages in it.