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Luzadis, Rebecca A. - 2007

Some contend the US labor market will fail to adapt smoothly to an aging workforce, whereas others argue that employee pensions can and will play an important role in helping companies induce desired turnover patterns. This paper undertakes a longitudinal examination of pension retirement...

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The Incentive Effects of Private Pension Plans

Kotlikoff, Laurence J. - 2010

The proportion of workers covered by pensions has increased very substantially over the past two or three decades, and in particular the number of older workers with pensions continues to increase. During the same period,and especially in the past decade, the labor force participation of older...

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Private Pensions and Public Pensions : Theory and Fact

Blinder, Alan S. - 2008

are the effects of private and public pensions on savings and retirement decisions? …

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The Economics of Prefunding Social Security and Medicare Benefits

Feldstein, Martin S.; Samwick, Andrew A. - 2021

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the economics of prefunding benefits for the aged, focusing on Social Security but indicating some of the analogous magnitudes for prefunding Medicare Benefits. We use detailed Census and Social Security information to model the transition to a fully...

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Pension and Social Security Wealth in the Health and Retirement Study

Gustman, Alan L.; Mitchell, Olivia S.; Samwick, Andrew A.; … - 2021

Together, pensions, social security and health insurance account for half of the wealth held by all households in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), for 60 percent of total wealth of HRS households who are in the 45th to 55th wealth percentiles, and even for 48 percent of wealth for those in...

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Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effects in Employee Savings Behavior

Card, David - 2007

In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savings decisions of college professors … contribution. Employees can also make tax-deferred contributions to a supplemental savings account. A standard lifecycle savings … model predicts a quot;dollar-for-dollarquot; tradeoff between supplemental savings and the combined regular pension …

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Do Private Pensions Increase National Saving?

Feldstein, Martin S. - 2021

This paper discusses how private pension programs differ from public social security in their likely impact on aggregate saving. Although private pensions are likely to reduce direct saving by employees, this should be offset by the combination of companies' partial funding and the shareholders...

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The Impact of Annuity Insurance on Savings and Inequality

Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Shoven, John B.; Spivak, Avia - 2021

This is the first paper to document the effect of health on the migration propensities of African Americans in the American past. Using both IPUMS and the Colored Troops Sample of the Civil War Union Army Data, I estimate the effects of literacy and health on the migration propensities of...

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Should Public Retirement Plans Be Fully Funded?

Bohn, Henning - 2010

Most state and local retirement plans strive for full funding, at least by actuarial standards. Funding measured at market values fluctuates and often falls short. A common argument for full funding is that pensions are a form of deferred compensation that does not justify a debt. The paper...

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Portfolio Allocation for Public Pension Funds

Pennacchi, George - 2012

This paper presents a dynamic model of a public pension fund's choice of portfolio risk. Optimal portfolio allocations are derived when pension fund management maximize the utility of wealth of a representative taxpayer or when pension fund management maximize their own utility of compensation....

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