Many quantitative empirical studies of retirement preparedness find that a substantial number of US households face a …-known of these studies, and it also examines the prospects for other countries.Studies of retirement preparedness vary in …

From age 62 through the full retirement age, the earnings test reduces the share of married men who work full time by … least initially. If the earnings test were abolished between the early and full retirement ages, the share of married men … model of retirement and wealth. The model is then used to simulate the effects of abolishing the remainder of the Social …

"We need a new retirement paradigm as private pensions disappear. Families must take more responsibility for their … retirement by saving consistently, working long enough to accumulate enough savings, and spending their savings at an appropriate … rate in retirement. Families cannot build a secure retirement by themselves, however; they need help from government and …

In recent decades, many states have reduced future retirement benefits for newly hired teachers. We estimate that in … 2020 the average initial monthly retirement benefit, for teachers retiring with 30 years of service, is 11.2 percent lower …

much more attractive thanks to three factors: a more generous delayed retirement credit, improvements in mortality, and …

. The PBGC pays retirement benefits as provided by the plan and that are consistent with federal guidelines concerning the … information on all individuals who received a retirement benefit from the PBGC in the last 10 years, over 250,000 retirees. We … examine the PBGC distributions chosen over the last decade and how they vary by age at retirement, sex, months of service, and …

retirement. It explores well-established relationships among economic circumstances, health, and mortality, as well as the … leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject. Among the broad topics discussed are work and retirement behavior …, disability, and their relationship to the structure of retirement and disability policies. While choices about when to retire are …