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Saver Behavior and 401(k) Retirement Wealth

Venti, Steven F.; Poterba, James M.; Wise, David A. - In: American Economic Review 90 (2000) 2, pp. 297-302

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Pensions and Retirement Incentives. A Tale of Three Countries: Italy, Spain and the USA

Brugiavini, Agar; Peracchi, Franco; Wise, David A. - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2003

This paper looks at the relationship between the institutional design of the social security system and retirement from the labour force in three countries: Italy, Spain and the USA. Our works stresses the importance of dynamic incentives embedded in social security systems throughout the world...

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Pensions and Retirement Incentives. A Tale of Three Countries: Italy, Spain and the USA

Brugiavini, Agar; Peracchi, Franco; Wise, David A. - In: Giornale degli Economisti 61 (2002) 2, pp. 131-169

This paper looks at the relationship between the institutional design of the social security system and retirement from the labour force in three countries: Italy, Spain and the USA. Our work stresses the importance of dynamic incentives embedded in social security systems throughout the world...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772703

How Retirement Saving Programs Increase Saving

Poterba, James M.; Venti, Steven F.; Wise, David A. - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 10 (1996) 4, pp. 91-112

This paper summarizes the authors work on the effect of IRA and 401(k) contributions on net personal saving. They consider many different nonparametric approaches to controlling for heterogeneity in individual saving behavior and conclude that the weight of the available evidence suggests that...

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Facing the age wave and economic policy: fixing public pension systems with healthcare in the wings

Wise, David A. - In: Fiscal Studies 26 (2005) 1, pp. 5-34

There are two overriding problems faced by ageing societies. One is the financing of public pension (social security in US terms) programmes. The other is paying for healthcare. This paper considers the healthcare issue briefly, emphasising that the issue arises primarily because of advances in...

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Social Security in a Changing Environment : Findings from the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research

Wise, David A.; Woodbury, Richard - 2009

Since September 2003, the Retirement Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research has conducted a coordinated series of investigations on Social Security in a changing environment and the potential routes to sustainable solvency. The Center supports extensive collaborative...

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Social Security and Defined Benefit Pension Payout Choices : Evidence from a Survey of Retirees

Nyce, Steve - 2019

Delaying Social Security claiming is equivalent to buying an annuity, as individuals who delay forgo current benefits in exchange for higher monthly benefits in the future. Despite growing evidence that this annuity is offered on extremely generous terms, the majority of people claim well before...

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Social Security Claiming Decisions : Survey Evidence

Shoven, John B. - 2018

include stopping work, liquidity, poor health, and concerns about future benefit cuts due to policy changes. Claiming upon …

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Does Retiree Health Insurance Encourage Early Retirement?

Nyce, Steve - 2018

The strong link between health insurance and employment in the United States may cause workers to delay retirement … until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65. However, some employers extend health insurance benefits to their … retirees, and individuals who are eligible for such retiree health benefits need not wait until age 65 to retire with group …

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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms

Milligan, Kevin S.; Wise, David A. - 2011

formal analysis of disability insurance programs, with this key question: Given health status, to what extent are the … mortality as one indicator of health that is comparable across countries and over time in the same country. We then consider how … mortality is related to other indicators of health status, in particular self-assessed health and then how trends in DI …

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