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How would 401(k) "Rothification" alter saving, retirement security, and inequality?
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2022
Many nations incentivize retirement saving by letting workers defer taxes on pension contributions, imposing them when … taxing pension contributions instead of withdrawals leads to delayed retirement, somewhat lower lifetime tax payments, and …
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How would 401(k) "Rothification" alter saving, retirement security, and inequality?
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2022
Many nations incentivize retirement saving by letting workers defer taxes on pension contributions, imposing them when … taxing pension contributions instead of withdrawals leads to delayed retirement, somewhat lower lifetime tax payments, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013466634
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How would 401(k) 'Rothification' alter saving, retirement security, and inequality?
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2022
Many nations incentivize retirement saving by letting workers defer taxes on pension contributions, imposing them when … taxing pension contributions instead of withdrawals leads to delayed retirement, somewhat lower lifetime tax payments, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088352
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Planning and Financial Literacy: How Do Women Fare?
Lusardi, Annamaria; Mitchell, Olivia S. - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 2, pp. 413-17
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005757082
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Putting the pension back in 401(k) retirement plans : optimal versus default longevity income annuities
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2018
retirement security, enhancing welfare by up to 20% of retiree plan accruals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932365
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Financial literacy and suboptimal financial decisions at older ages
Fong, Joelle H.; Koh, Benedict SK.; Mitchell, Olivia S.; … - 2019
Over the life-cycle, wealth holdings tend to be highest in the early part of retirement. The quality of financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113846
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Do required minimum distribution 401(k) rules matter, and for whom? : insights from a lifecylce model
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2021
Tax-qualified vehicles helped U.S. private-sector workers accumulate $25Tr in retirement assets. An often …-overlooked important institutional feature shaping decumulations from these retirement plans is the "Required Minimum Distribution" (RMD …) regulation, requiring retirees to withdraw a minimum fraction from their retirement accounts or pay excise taxes on withdrawal …
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Fixed and variable longevity annuities in defined contribution plans : optimal retirement portfolios taking social security into account
Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2023
This paper investigates retirees' optimal purchases of fixed and variable longevity income annuities using their defined contribution (DC) plan assets and given their expected Social Security benefits. As an alternative, we also evaluate using plan assets to boost Social Security benefits...
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The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence
Lusardi, Annamaria; Mitchell, Olivia S. - In: Journal of Economic Literature 52 (2014) 1, pp. 5-44
This paper undertakes an assessment of a rapidly growing body of economic research on financial literacy. We start with an overview of theoretical research, which casts financial knowledge as a form of investment in human capital. Endogenizing financial knowledge has important implications for...
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Money in motion: Dynamic portfolio choice in retirement
Horneff, Wolfram J.; Maurer, Raimond H.; Mitchell, Olivia S. - Center for Financial Studies - 2007
Retirees confront the difficult problem of how to manage their money in retirement so as to not outlive their funds … allocation decisions when managing her retirement financial wealth and annuities, and we prove that she can benefit from both the … equity premium and longevity insurance in her retirement portfolio. Even without bequests, she will not fully annuitize …
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