Showing 1 - 10 of 105
jointly affects retirement, saving, the choice of whether benefits are taken as an annuity or lump sum, taxes paid and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220263
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theories Explaining Pensions -- 3 Employment and Retirement in the Health and Retirement Study -- 4 Pension Data in the Health and Retirement Study -- 5 Pension Plan Participation in the Health and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014479365
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000831023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000774259
longitudinal data on pension and annuity incomes of retirees suggests that pension COLAs are less important in the 1980s than in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213433
longitudinal data on pension and annuity incomes of retirees suggests that pension COLAs are less important in the 1980s than in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475079
This paper questions recent conclusions that the trend towards defined contribution plans and away from defined benefit plans is due to increased pension regulation and/or a changing economic environment. Using data from IRS 5500 filings by pension administrators, we find that at least half of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475960
This paper questions recent conclusions that the trend towards defined contribution plans and away from defined benefit plans is due to increased pension regulation and/or a changing economic environment. Using data from IRS 5500 filings by pension administrators, we find that at least half of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777142
separating parameters that now reflect both risk aversion and time preference. We explore a number of barriers to developing a … parameter for risk aversion can restore plausible retirement behavior, but the pattern of stock holdings is too high, especially … at younger ages, for plausible values of the risk aversion parameter. At the moment, no easy solution is at hand to this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220205
This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the effects of the Great Recession on the wealth held by the near retirement age population from 2006 to 2012. For the Early Boomer cohort (ages 51 to 56 in 2004), real wealth in 2012 remained 3.6 percent below its 2006 value....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324655