requires state and local government employers to offer "qualified retirement plans," or they must automatically enroll their … workers in Social Security. To define a “qualified retirement plan,” the IRS uses a “safe harbor” provision that sets minimum … thresholds for defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans. Prior work has demonstrated that the safe harbor …

force. Additionally I find that a 10 percent increase in forward looking incentives decreases the probability of retirement …I exploit unanticipated reforms to the Texas Teacher's pension plan to estimate the effect of pension incentives on … retirement decisions. In 2000 and 2002 the Teacher Retirement System increased the benefit levels of all employees covered by the …

Background: The pension deficit has been rapidly enlarging for more than a decade. If the retirement age is set at a … old in last ten years, the feasibility of rising the retirement age has also been promoted. Methods: This paper aims to … construct a mathematical model for choosing a proper policy about raising retirement age on the basis of the interaction between …

standard of living after retirement and thus to alleviate poverty in old age. In many developing and developed countries, the … minimum pension program is a key welfare program and a major influence on the retirement decisions of low-income workers and … workers with erratic work histories. The design of many minimum pension programs tends to create strong incentives for low …