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This paper constructs a model of retirement and saving by two earner couples. The model includes three dimensions of behavior: the joint determination of retirement and saving; heterogeneity in time preference; and the interdependence of retirement decisions of husbands and wives. Estimation is...
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security are the least well informed about their social security benefits, while those who are most dependent on pensions are …
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a simple life cycle explanation for savings. They also raise questions about whether pensions are fundamentally a tax … and Retirement Study (HRS), and the role of pensions in forming retirement wealth. Pension coverage is widespread … those with pensions than for those without pensions. Multivariate regressions relating total wealth to pension coverage and …
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This paper specifies and estimates a structural dynamic stochastic model of the way individuals make retirement and saving choices in an uncertain world, and applies that model to analyze the effects of the stock market bubble on retirement behavior. The model includes individual variation both...
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of pensions and social security that better reflects the accrual of benefits under defined contribution plans. We also …
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An enhanced version of a structural model jointly explains benefit claiming, wealth and retirement, including reversals from states of lesser to greater work. The model includes stochastic returns on assets. Estimated with Health and Retirement Study data, it does a better job of predicting...
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between workers and their employers. In this paper, we show that recent research on pensions in the labor market offers … considerable insight into long-term labor market arrangements. Most importantly. we explore how pensions influence employee …
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This paper studies cost of living adjustments in pensions from the perspective of labor economics. Evidence from … value of pensions by only fourteen percent. Simulation analysis allows an examination of the effects of pension COLA …
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This paper questions recent conclusions that the trend towards defined contribution plans and away from defined benefit plans is due to increased pension regulation and/or a changing economic environment. Using data from IRS 5500 filings by pension administrators, we find that at least half of...
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This paper investigates empirical issues related to pensions. It uses the 1983 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), a … data set with detailed information both on workers and on their pensions. The paper presents new estimates of pension … incomplete data of the type found in other data sets. It also examines incentives that pensions create for retirement and job …
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