Latest Releases from the Center

October 13, 2009:
Pension Buyouts: What Can We Learn From the UK Experience?
by Ashby Monk
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September 29, 2009:
Boston College Launches New Center for Financial Literacy
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September 29, 2009:
Making Your Nest Egg Last a Lifetime
by Anthony Webb
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September 15, 2009: 
Older Americans On The Go: Financial and Psychological Effects of Moving
by Esteban Calvo, Kelly Haverstick, and Natalia A. Zhivan
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September 1, 2009: 
Older Americans On The Go: How Often, Where, and Why?
by Kelly Haverstick and Natalia A. Zhivan
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August 14, 2009
The Case for Investing in Bonds During Retirement
by Anthony Webb
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August 4, 2009:  
Should Social Security Rely Solely on the Payroll Tax?
by Alicia Munnell
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July 21, 2009:  
Should You Carry a Mortgage into Retirement?
by Anthony Webb
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July 7, 2009:  
Is Latin America Retreating from Individual Retirement Accounts?
by Fabio Bertranou, Esteban Calvo, and Evelina Bertranou
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June 23, 2009:  
Employers' (Lack of) Response to the Retirement Income Challenge
by Steven A. Sass, Kelly Haverstick, and Jean-Pierre Aubry
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June 9, 2009:  
Risk Pooling and the Market Crash:
Lessons from Canada's Pension Plan?
by Ashby H.B. Monk and Steven A. Sass
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May 26, 2009:  
Strange But True: Claim and Suspend Social Security?
by Alicia H. Munnell, Steven A. Sass, and Natalia A. Zhivan
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May 11, 2009:  
Why Are Older Workers at Greater Risk of Displacement?
by Alicia H. Munnell, Steven A. Sass, and Natalia A. Zhivan
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April 27, 2009:  
Strange But True: Claim Social Security Now, Claim More Later
by Alicia H. Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass, and Nadia Karamcheva
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April 13, 2009: 
How Do Emotions Influence Saving Behavior?
by Gergana Y. Nenkov, Deborah J. MacInnis, and Maureen Morrin
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March 31, 2009:
Long-Term Care Costs and the National Retirement Risk Index
by Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb, Francesca Golub-Sass, and Dan Muldoon
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March 17, 2009:
Strange But True: Free Loan From Social Security
by Alicia H. Munnell, Alicia H. Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass, and Nadia Karamcheva
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March 3, 2009:
An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights from the 2007 SCF
by Alicia H. Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass, and Dan Muldoon
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February 17, 2009:
What Does It Cost To Guarantee Returns?
by Alicia H. Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass, Richard A. Kopcke, and Anthony Webb
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February 3, 2009:
The Structure of 401(k) Fees
by Richard W. Kopcke, Francis Vitagliano, and Dan Muldoon
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January 20, 2009:
Recessions and Older Workers
by Alicia H. Munnell, Dan Muldoon and Steven A. Sass
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January 6, 2009:
Can the Bottom Third Work Longer?
by by Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, and Steven A. Sass
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December 16, 2008:
The Funding Status of Locally Administered Pension Plans
by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, and Kelly Haverstick
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December 2, 2008:
Is CalPERS a Sovereign Wealth Fund?
by Ashby H.B. Monk
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November 18, 2008:
How Much Risk is Acceptable? 
by Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb, and Alex Golub-Sass
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November 11, 2008:
The Financial Crisis and State/Local Defined Benefit Plans
by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, and Dan Muldoon
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November 4, 2008:
The Financial Crisis And Private Defined Benefit Plans
by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, and Dan Muldoon
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*These briefs were released as part of the Center's continuing coverage of the current financial crisis. For more information and related publications, please visit our Financial Turmoil and Retirement Security page.