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The Persistence of Employee 401(k) Contributions Over a Major Stock Market Cycle: Evidence on the Limited Power of Inertia on Savings Behavior

Muller, Leslie A.; Turner, John A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2011

pension system and adequacy of retirement income. Projects of future retirement income readiness that assume that workers …Many middle-income workers save for retirement through 401(k) plans. This study addresses the concern that low account … balances of older workers may indicate that these vehicles are not sufficient to insure adequate retirement savings. In …

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Pensions, Social Security, and Asset Accumulation

Pozo, Susan; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Pensions, Social Security, and Asset Accumulation

Pozo, Susan; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuit of Market Magic Shapes the System

Munnell, Alicia H.; Sass, Steven A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The authors explore whether equities could help solve the woes facing the U.S. retirement system in general, and the …

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Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate

Turner, John - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Turner uses the documented experiences of many countries - including the U.K., Sweden, Chile, Australia, Canada, and others - and the tools of economics to analyze the public policy issues surrounding the proposed implementation of individual accounts as part of the U.S. Social Security system.

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Pension Policy: The Search for Better Solutions

Turner, John A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Turner identifies the current problems facing pension policy for U.S. employer-provided pension plans and recommends … solutions to those problems based on his examination of pension systems in other industrialized nations. …

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Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce

Budetti, Peter P. (contributor); … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This volume explores the implications of an aging workforce for a number of social programs in the coming decades, and point to the critical policy issues we must face when growing numbers of older workers begin to strain the capacity of those programs.

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Passing the Torch: The Influence of Economic Incentives on Work and Retirement

Quinn, Joseph F.; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Myers, Daniel A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book summarizes research on individual retirement decisions and aggregate retirement trends. It also serves as an … excellent reference source on the economics of retirement. …

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Retiree Health Benefits and Retirement

Marton, James; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006

examine a cohort of male workers from the Health and Retirement Survey to examine questions about the dynamics of retiree … health benefits and the relationship between retiree health benefits and retirement behavior, which is important for the … other than employer-provided insurance. On the relationship between retiree health benefits and retirement, we find that …

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Health Insurance Tax Credits and Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Earning Single Mothers

Cebi, Merve; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 introduced a refundable tax credit for low-income working families who purchased health insurance coverage for their children. This health insurance tax credit (HITC) existed during tax years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and was then rescinded. We use...

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