Overview
Researcher at the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES), Social Security Administration. Known for work on income and poverty measurement, subjective economic well-being, and the use of Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) data linked to administrative records to study the economic circumstances of the aged and disabled.
Key Contributions / Features
- Early retiree health and financial status (Leonesio, Vaughan, and Wixon 2003): Co-authored the analysis of the health, work capacity, and financial resources of 62–64 year old early Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) retirees, showing that early retirement benefits function as a de facto disability program for a health-impaired minority who cannot access Disability Insurance (DI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). See Early Retirement Safety Net Gap.
- Income and poverty measurement: Long-standing SSA work on measuring economic well-being, relative income adequacy, and the reliability of survey-based income data for policy populations.
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