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 …

Many nations incentivize retirement saving by letting workers defer taxes on pension contributions, imposing them when …) contributions rather than payouts - alters saving, investment, consumption, and Social Security claiming patterns. We find that … taxing pension contributions instead of withdrawals leads to delayed retirement, somewhat lower lifetime tax payments, and …

How might retirees consider deploying the retirement assets accumulated in a defined contribution pension plan? One …

How might retirees consider deploying the retirement assets accumulated in a defined contribution pension plan? One …

Many Americans claim Social Security benefits early, though this leaves them with lower benefits throughout retirement … strategic survey about the lump sum. In other words, such a reform could provide an avenue for encouraging delayed retirement …

on current policy issues. Retirement, Pensions, and Social Security reveals the importance of earnings, private pensions …American workers are retiring earlier, living longer, and receiving greater retirement benefits for each year out of … generated an intense and often heated debate. This book places retirement in an economic context, calculating the income …

Many Americans claim Social Security benefits early, though this leaves them with lower benefits throughout retirement … strategic survey about the lump sum. In other words, such a reform could provide an avenue for encouraging delayed retirement …

how these interact is of key importance in order to generate efficient retirement portfolios. Additionally, there is … their assets inside and outside tax-qualified retirement plans, their mortality assumptions, and their accrued Social …

-save for retirement or to not purchase longevity insurance, which in turn could reduce wellbeing at older ages. We investigate … subjective survival probabilities. Moreover, this information also boosts respondents' interest in saving and demand for …

investment decisions to fund managers selected by plan sponsors. Including these funds in retirement saving menus raised equity …Target date funds in corporate retirement plans grew from $5B in 2000 to $734B in 2018, partly because federal …-cost target date funds may enhance retirement wealth by as much as 50 percent over a 30-year horizon. …