not even offer participants a life annuity option at retirement. Thus, individuals who wish to annuitize generally must do … retirement resources …

The ongoing analysis of the effects of pension plan provisions on retirement is pursued in this paper. A primary … company, here using data from a second large company. The evidence confirms that changes in the retirement rates by age … correspond closely to provisions of the firm pension plan. There is essentially no difference in the retirement behavior of men …

This paper evaluates a new variant of the popular target date funds used in employer-based retirement savings plans. We … call this new variant a "target retirement plan." Instead of increasing the allocation to bond funds as retirement … approaches, a target retirement fund gradually purchases deferred life annuities beginning at age 50. In the particular straw …

This paper provides an overview of the Swedish social security system and its impact on individual retirement behavior …. We find that the observed labor market behavior of older men is in accordance with the economic incentives generated by …

, older ages at retirement, and more years of service are associated with a greater probability of choosing a J&S annuity. We …

In recent decades, many states have reduced future retirement benefits for newly hired teachers. We estimate that in … 2020 the average initial monthly retirement benefit, for teachers retiring with 30 years of service, is 11.2 percent lower …

respond to the strength of contract incentives. Accordingly, we consider the response of teacher hours to accountability and …

We present a detailed analysis of the incentives that Social Security provides for continued work at older ages. We do … so using information on older males from the Health and Retirement Study over the 1980-1997 period to calculate the …