We study flows between retirement savings accounts from 2003 to 2015, providing the most comprehensive estimates to date of leakage from tax-preferred retirement savings accounts to pre-retirement age individuals. To do so, we create a nationally-representative panel of individuals using...

We study Roth conversions using administrative tax data on the universe of individuals who made conversions from 2003 through 2015. Specifically, we document time trends in conversions, investigate how the 2010 removal of Roth conversion income limits affected conversions in that year, show the...

We study the effects of quasi-random variation in unearned income on labor force participation, earnings, business income, capital gains realizations, retirement savings, and unemployment compensation. To identify these income effects, we exploit an age discontinuity in the federal tax system:...

This online appendix to "The Effects of Required Minimum Distribution Rules on Withdrawals from Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts" includes further discussion of theory and estimation details relating to the main paper. In addition, we present graphs and tables not included in the main...

We study the effects of Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules on the asset decumulation behavior of retirees with Traditional Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs). Using a nationally representative panel of 1.8 million IRA holders from 2000 to 2013, we estimate that around 50 percent of...