#  Selected Press Coverage of Research 

 



### ***Selected Media Commentary***

[Balancing a career and caring for a parent can feel impossible. This advice can help](https://links.mkt3779.com/els/v2/2YyZh~P-W-T~/Wi96Um5aQzFId0hFRDB0WGF2SjQwUTZBVmJFaGlvdzMvandVbE4yRFpqb1N2NE1VZzh2UXpQcThDWUdMRkc5c0N4Wnl2bXlqUDFEUVM5ZW4xV1IxakdFbm1UYzhKQXAxbmZzYTNrMEE1RGs9S0/). (The Boston Globe Magazine, 10/29/2024)

[Job gains for people with disabilities are outpacing those for other groups, thanks to telework](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444600/marketplace) (NPR Marketplace, 12/7/2022)

[Advances in Health Care, Technology Open New Job Prospects for the Disabled](https://www.wsj.com/articles/advances-in-health-care-technology-open-new-job-prospects-for-the-disabled-11581589800) (The Wall Street Journal, 2/13/2020)

[Trump Administration Weighs Tighter Requirements for Disability Payments](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-weighs-tighter-requirements-for-disability-payments-11578686424?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_2&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s) (The Wall Street Journal, 1/10/2020)

[How Elders Can Reinvigorate the Workforce](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191112-how-the-elderly-can-reinvigorate-the-workforce) (BBC, 11/19/2019)

[Employment for Disabled Workers Is On The Rise](https://www.wgbh.org/news/lifestyle/2019/03/15/employment-for-disabled-workers-is-on-the-rise) (WGBH Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, 3/15/2019)

[America’s Hidden Workforce Returns](https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-hidden-workforce-returns-11548478801) (The Wall Street Journal, 1/26/2019)

[Disability Applications Plunge as the Economy Strengthens](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/business/economy/social-security-applications.html) (The New York Times, 6/19/2018)

[Use It or Lose It: Working Longer May Benefit Your Health](https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/use-it-or-lose-it-working-longer-may-benefit-your-health/) (The Seattle Times, 2/21/2018)

[Retiring (Again and Again) in America](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-28/retiring-again-and-again-in-america) (Bloomberg, 9/28/2017)

[Working Longer May Benefit Your Health](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/business/retirement/working-longer-may-benefit-your-health.html?searchResultPosition=4) (The New York Times, 3/3/2017)

[How To Find A New Job After 50](https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/11/30/jobs-employment-older-after-fifty) (WBUR On Point, 11/30/2016)

[Why More Women Than Ever Are Putting Off Retirement](https://www.post-gazette.com/news/aging-edge/2016/09/15/why-more-women-than-ever-are-putting-off-retirement/stories/201609150174) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/15/2016)

[Why More Women Than Ever Are Putting Off Retirement](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-14/why-more-women-than-ever-are-putting-off-retirement) (Bloomberg, 9/14/2016)

[The Disability Program Needs Help Itself](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/social-security-disability-program-needs-help-itself) (Bloomberg, 7/2/2015)

[Gone, but Still Linked to the Home Office](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/retirementspecial/still-linked-to-the-home-office.html?searchResultPosition=3) (The New York Times, 5/14/2013)

[It's Time to See Older Workers as an Asset](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-07/its-time-to-see-older-workers-as-an-asset) (Bloomberg, 8/7/2012)

[Congress Unwilling to Address Disability Plan’s Shortfall](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-05-29/congress-unwilling-to-address-disability-plan-s-shortfall) (Bloomberg, 5/29/2012)

[Worker’s Climb to Power Pole Shows Demand for Young Employees](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-05-27/worker-s-climb-to-power-pole-shows-demand-for-young-employees) (Bloomberg, 5/27/20

### ***Selected Press Coverage of Research***

**Maestas Nicole**. “The Return to Work and Women’s Employment Decisions” in Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, Eds. Women Working Longer: Facts and Some Explanations. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press. 2018. [PBS Newshour](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjM58rJmJfuAhWjTt8KHapODccQFjAAegQIBRAC&url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/older-workers-carry-on-even-when-life-itself-is-life-threatening&usg=AOvVaw2Ff0ngeLgj6RakUivxO1EC).

**Maestas Nicole**. Back to Work: Expectations and Realizations of Work after Retirement. *Journal of Human Resources* 2010. 45(3):718-748. [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/health/unretirement-work-seniors.html?searchResultPosition=2), [The Seattle Times](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/many-americans-try-retirement-then-change-their-minds/).

**Maestas Nicole**. “The Return to Work and Women’s Employment Decisions” in Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, Eds. Women Working Longer: Facts and Some Explanations. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press. 2018. [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-shouldnt-retire-when-your-spouse-does-1542639479), [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/business/women-men-longevity-retirement.html), [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-marksjarvis-motherhoodpenalty/happy-mothers-day-paying-the-motherhood-penalty-idUSKBN1IA37Z), [The Seattle Times](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-women-who-retire-with-their-husbands-often-lose-out/), [NerdWallet](https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/retirement-age-for-women/?trk_location=ssrp&trk_query=nicole%20maestas&trk_page=1&trk_position=1), [Sputnik International](https://sputniknews.com/society/201708161056495767-harvard-study-americans-stressed-work/), [Medical Daily](https://www.medicaldaily.com/workplace-wellness-so-low-even-researchers-are-surprised-421361), [Syracuse.com](https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2017/08/study_1_in_5_americans_find_workplace_hostile_or_threatening.html), [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2017/08/14/rand-corporation-workplace-hostile-study/), [Money](http://money.com/money/4570200/couples-near-retirement-plan/), [Population Reference Bureau](https://www.prb.org/women-live-longer-than-men/).

**Maestas Nicole**, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger, Working Conditions in the United States: Results of the 2015 American Working Conditions Survey. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017.[WGBH](https://www.wgbh.org/news/2017/08/14/work-can-be-stressful-dangerous-and-sometimes-great), [WRVO Public Media](https://www.wrvo.org/post/unretirement-returning-work-helps-find-new-meaning-says-harvard-professor), [The Seattle Times](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/many-americans-try-retirement-then-change-their-minds/), [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2017/08/14/rand-corporation-workplace-hostile-study/), [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-work-conditions-20170814-story.html), [US News & World Report](http://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2017-08-14/maybe-thats-why-its-called-work), [WBUR](http://www.wbur.org/npr/542907572/work-can-be-stressful-dangerous-and-sometimes-great), [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/one-fifth-of-americans-find-workplace-hostile-or-threatening/2017/08/14/38a974c6-80a6-11e7-9e7a-20fa8d7a0db6_story.html?utm_term=.b26786620661), [Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/workers-feel-trapped-in-gruelling-stressful-and-hostile-workplaces-a3610791.html), [Deutche Welle](http://www.dw.com/en/many-americans-find-workplace-hostile-and-taxing/a-40078672), [Belfast Telegraph](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-workers-tell-of-hard-days-plight-at-the-office-36028975.html), [National Safety Council](http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/16062-work-conditions-unpleasant-potentially-hazardous-for-more-than-half-of-americans-study), [Human Resources Director Asia](http://www.hrdmag.com.sg/news/older-americans-want-to-keep-working-241433.aspx)

McGarry Brian, **Maestas Nicole**, Grabowski David. Simplifying the Medicare Plan Finder Tool Could Help Older Adults Choose Lower Cost Part D Plans. Health Affairs 2018. 37(8): 1290-1297. [AdvisoryBoard](https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2019/11/27/medicare-tool), [USNews](https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2019-11-21/glitch-in-medicare-drug-plan-finder-could-cost-consumers), [PBS](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/medicare-open-enrollment-has-begun-heres-how-to-navigate-your-options), [Health Affairs Blog](https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20191106.803045/full/).

Sherry Tisamarie, Sabety Adrienne, **Maestas** **Nicole**. Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids: Results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2006-2015. *Annals of Internal Medicine* 2018. 18;169(12):892-894. \[Altmetric Attention Score in Top 5%\]. [The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/10/study-percent-time-doctors-don-write-down-why-they-prescribing-opioids/5gxoditd3hIh2FurvYZiOL/story.html), [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/americas-heroin-epidemic/doctors-gave-no-reason-third-opioid-prescriptions-study-finds-n908336), [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/10/health/opioid-prescribing-study/index.html), [PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/nearly-30-percent-of-patients-prescribed-opioids-had-no-recorded-pain-diagnoses), [The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/9/13/opioid-prescription-study/), [US Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/09/11/nearly-30-opioid-prescriptions-lacked-medical-need-analysis-finds/1268071002/).

Zhu Wenjia, Chernew Michael, Sherry Tisamarie, **Maestas Nicole**. Initial Opioid Prescriptions among U.S. Commercially Insured Patients, 2012–2017. *New England Journal of Medicine* 2019. 380:1043-52. [Time](http://time.com/5550686/opioid-prescribing-patterns-drop/), [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-opioids-prescribing/cutbacks-by-some-doctors-halved-new-opioid-prescriptions-over-5-years-idUSKCN1QU2XN), [The Harvard Gazette](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/dramatic-shifts-in-first-time-opioid-prescriptions-bring-hope-concern/), [U.S. News and World Report](https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-03-13/opioid-rxs-decreasing-but-not-for-all-doctors). [PBS NewsHour](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/will-fewer-opioid-prescriptions-help-kick-the-crisis). [Gizmodo](https://gizmodo.com/doctors-are-prescribing-fewer-opioids-but-not-always-f-1833264138), [KFGO](https://kfgo.com/news/articles/2019/mar/13/cutbacks-by-some-doctors-halved-new-opioid-prescriptions-over-5-years/), [Pain News Network](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2019/3/14/steep-decline-in-new-opioid-prescriptions), [The American Journal of Managed Care](https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/drops-in-firsttime-opioid-prescriptions-highlight-progress-but-also-some-concern), [MedicalResearch.com](https://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/number-of-opioid-prescriptions-for-new-users-has-dropped-more-than-50/47866/), [PRNewswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-finds-significant-changes-in-physician-opioid-prescribing-patterns-300812920.html), [UPI](https://www.upi.com/Study-Initial-prescriptions-for-opioids-down-by-50-percent/6151552572502/), [Longevity](https://www.longevitylive.com/live-better/opioid-prescription-drop/), [Health IT Analytics](https://healthitanalytics.com/news/bcbsa-data-analytics-reveal-shifts-in-behavioral-mental-health).

**Maestas, Nicole,** Kathleen J. Mullen, and David Powell, The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2013. [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-myths-about-landing-a-good-job-later-in-life-1524167716?tesla=y).

**Maestas Nicole**, Mullen Kathleen J., Powell David. The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth. NBER Working Paper # 22452. 2016. [The CT Mirror](https://ctmirror.org/2016/09/23/connecticut-has-baby-bust-slow-growth-and-aging-population/), [Detroit Free Press](https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2016/09/10/michigan-project-studies-boosting-manufacturing-productivity/89927438/), [The Wall Street Journal](https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2017/01/24/a-challenge-to-the-secular-stagnation-theory/), [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/10/why-economic-growth-is-so-lackluster/504989/), [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2016-10-10/innovation-falls-and-retirees-pay-the-price), [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/are-aging-and-the-economic-slowdown-linked/2016/08/21/ffd6b270-6626-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e5bdf7ecdd6c), [The Australian Financial Review](https://www.afr.com/news/economy/monetary-policy/interest-rate-dilemma-strong-jobs-and-weak-growth-20160807-gqmqku), [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-economy-aging-population-poses-double-whammy-1470249965), [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-29/here-s-a-reason-baby-boomers-will-curb-u-s-growth-this-decade), [Vox](https://www.vox.com/a/new-economy-future/aging-population-slow-growth), [MarketWatch](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-going-on-with-an-aging-population-and-productivity-2019-05-20?mod=retirement)

**Blogs and Research Briefs**

Layton Timothy J., **Maestas Nicole,** Prinz Daniel, Vabson Boris. [Private versus Public Provision of Social Insurance: Evidence from Medicaid](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cato.org_publications_research-2Dbriefs-2Deconomic-2Dpolicy_private-2Dversus-2Dpublic-2Dprovision-2Dsocial-2Dinsurance&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=dewZstFVWHa47z_CxwYNmhT1CjBkc15hYdhrJEPbghQ&m=s6W_ORM6Qj0j7_zs36w21pyieURMVMQiaJAsCtQnegE&s=C3Qrpd4sssuq6QOV1PhyS2YlKAeibCqsbF-WVAQJ9L0&e=). CATO Institute, 2020.

McGarry Brian, **Maestas Nicole**, Grabowski David. [Placing a Premium on Premiums: Assessing the Redesigned Medicare Plan Finder Tool](https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20191106.803045/full/), *Health Affairs* Blog, 2019.

Layton Timothy J., **Maestas Nicole,** Prinz Daniel, Vabson Boris, [The Bitter(sweet) Pill: The Impacts of Private Provision of Medicaid](https://voxeu.org/article/impacts-private-provision-medicaid). *VoxEU*, 2019.

**Maestas Nicole** and Armour Phillip. [Addressing SSDI’s Looming Insolvency](http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/11/addressing-ssdis-looming-insolvency.html). The RAND Blog, 2014.

**Maestas Nicole**. [Economy Needs Unretired](http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/12/economy-needs-unretired.html). The RAND Blog, 2012.

**Maestas Nicole** and Mullen Kathleen J. [The SSDI Program’s Impact on Human Capital](http://www.rand.org/blog/2013/03/the-ssdi-programs-impact-on-human-capital.html). The RAND Blog, 2013.

**Maestas Nicole**, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger, [The American Working Conditions Survey Finds That Nearly Half of Retirees Would Return to Work](https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9973-1.html). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2019.

**Maestas Nicole**, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger, [How Americans Perceive the Workplace: Results from the American Working Conditions Survey](https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9972.html). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017.

Hill, Matthew, **Maestas Nicole**, and Mullen Kathleen J., [Effects of Employer Health Insurance on Disability Insurance Claiming](https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9776.html). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2014.