To establish current savings behavior, one necessary measurement of retirement preparation is identifying the … percentage of workers with employment-based retirement plans, as well as understanding the characteristics of workers with and … working family head participating in a retirement plan increased with the size of his or her employer. In 2010, among family …

-based retirement plan, and to know the characteristics of workers with and without a plan - the subject of this paper. The findings … (typically a 401(k)-type plan). In 2007, 18.1 percent of family heads who participated in an employment-based retirement plan had … significant impact on the funds available for these participants in retirement. The EBRI-ERF Retirement Security Projection Model …

Default features in defined-contribution plans are designed to improve the retirement security of plan participants. To … provisions for drawing down participant account balances after retirement could be beneficial. Conceptually, the objective is to …