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The Great Recession, Decline and Rebound in Household Wealth for the Near Retirement Population

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

from Social Security and defined benefit pensions. For the most part, these are stable sums that ensured a major fraction …

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The Social Security Windfall Elimination and Government Pension Offset Provisions for Public Employees in the Health and Retirement Study

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

of pensions earned on jobs not covered by Social Security, a key determinant of the size of WEP and GPO adjustments. Also …

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Mismeasurement of Pensions Before and After Retirement: The Mystery of the Disappearing Pensions with Implications for the Importance of Social Security as a Source of Retirement S...

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

pension benefits and DC balances for those approaching retirement, pensions account for more support in retirement than is … the contributions of pensions as measured in income and wealth data. A number of factors cause the contribution of … pensions to be understated in retirement income data, especially data from the CPS. One factor is a difference in methodology …

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The Effects of Changes in Women's Labor Market Attachment on Redistribution Under the Social Security Benefit Formula

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Studies using data from the early 1990s suggested that while the progressive Social Security benefit formula succeeded in redistributing benefits from individuals with high earnings to individuals with low earnings, it was much less successful in redistributing benefits from households with high...

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How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population in the Health and Retirement Study?

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

This paper uses asset and labor market data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to investigate how the recent "Great Recession" has affected the wealth and retirement of those in the population who were just approaching retirement age at the beginning of the recession, a potentially...

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Integrating Retirement Models

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

retirement. The opportunity set reflects the full range of nonlinearities created by pensions and Social Security. Financial …

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Changing Pensions in Cross-Section and Panel Data: Analysis with Employer Provided Plan Descriptions

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

of the pensions in each cross-section, those who are covered by the same plan in both years experience smaller changes … the means and medians of plan features and plan values. Using the data from Watson Wyatt on the pensions offered by thirty … cross-sections of pensions will exaggerate the changes in continuing plans. Nevertheless, substantial errors will be …

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Retirement and Wealth

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001

of pensions and social security that better reflects the accrual of benefits under defined contribution plans. We also …

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The New Social Security Commission Personal Accounts: Where Is the Investment Principal?

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

The President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security suggests three plans for reforming Social Security. These plans divert various amounts of the payroll tax to a personal account if the worker chooses to participate in the account. In return, Social Security benefits are offset using...

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Social Security, Pensions and Retirement Behavior Within the Family

Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

This paper estimates a structural model of family retirement using U.S. data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. Estimates using the HRS benefit from having, for each spouse, earnings histories provided by the respondent and the...

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