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Workers' knowledge of their pension coverage: a reevaluation
Starr-McCluer, Martha; Sunden, Annika E. (1999)
Because employer-provided pensions represent an important source of income during retirement, accurate information on pension coverage would seem to be crucial for making sound decisions on retirement timing, saving, and portfolio allocation. However, previous research suggests that workers' knowledge of their pension provisions is often incomplete or incorrect. This paper reexamines workers' knowledge of their pension coverage, using matched employer-employee data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances. We find that, while most workers in our sample accurately reported ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 1999-05

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In case of pension emergency
Wirtz, Ronald A. (2006-05)
Legislatures nationwide will no doubt be debating what to do about public pensions with large unfunded liabilities. Discussion of two options getting considerable attention.
Fedgazette , Volume 18 , Issue May , Pages 5

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Public pensions: the multiplier effect
Hoffer, Doug (2006-10)
Public pension funds can play a role not only in ensuring retirees? economic security, but also in promoting local economic-development goals. That?s why increasing numbers of elected officials and trustees are investigating ?economically targeted investment.?
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 12-14

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Do households have enough wealth for retirement?
Love, David A.; Smith, Paul A.; McNair, Lucy C. (2007)
Dramatic structural changes in the U.S. pension system, along with the impending wave of retiring baby boomers, have given rise to a broad policy discussion of the adequacy of household retirement wealth. We construct a uniquely comprehensive measure of wealth for households aged 51 and older in 2004 that includes expected wealth from Social Security, defined benefit pensions, life insurance, annuities, welfare payments, and future labor earnings. Abstracting from the uncertainty surrounding asset returns, length of life and medical expenses, we assess the adequacy of wealth using two ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2007-17

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Social Security: how social and secure should it be?
Triest, Robert K.; Sass, Steven A. (1997)
Conference Series ; [Proceedings]

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Public policies and private pension contributions
Gale, William G. (1994)
Proceedings

Journal Article
Historic labor day
Burke, William (1974)
FRBSF Economic Letter

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Searching for better prospects: endogenizing falling job tenure and private pension coverage
Owyang, Michael T.; Sinclair, Tara M.; Friedberg, Leora (2006)
Recent declines in job tenure have coincided with a shift away from traditional defined benefit (DB) pensions, which reward long tenure. New evidence also points to an increase in job-to-job movements by workers, and we document gains in relative wages of job-to-job movers over a similar period. We develop a search model in which firms may offer tenure-based contracts like DB pensions to reduce the incidence of costly on-the-job search by workers. Either reduced search costs or an increase in the probability of job matches can, under fairly general conditions, lower the value of deterring ...
Working Papers , Paper 2003-038

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On the record: Baby boomers face a changing retirement landscape: a conversation with Anil Kumar
Kumar, Anil (2010-10)
Many baby boom era workers, those born between 1946 and 1962, count on various retirement benefits accumulated during their working years to ensure adequate resources as they grow older. A man turning 65 today can expect to live to age 83; a woman to age 85, according to Social Security Administration data. One in 10 will live past age 95. Dallas Fed economist Anil Kumar discusses the retirement outlook for baby boomers and growth of 401(k)-type retirement accounts.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q4 , Pages 8-9

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Can we count on private pensions?
Siekmeier, James F. (1986-02)
The characteristics, problems, and safety of private pension plans are discussed, with an examination of reforms introduced by passage of the Pension Reform Act of 1974 and creation of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Economic Commentary , Issue Feb

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