Topic: Private Pensions and Working Papers

The Cost of Owning Employer Stocks: Lessons From Taiwan
Yi-Tsung Lee, Yu-Jane Liu, and Ning Zhu

Why Are Companies Freezing Their Pensions?
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto

Literacy, Trust and 401(k) Savings Behavior
Julie R. Agnew, Lisa Szykman, Stephen P. Utkus, and Jean A. Young

The Recent Evolution of Pension Funds in the Netherlands: The Trend to Hybrid DB-DC Plans and Beyond
Eduard H.M. Ponds and Bart van Riel

The Impact of Aggregate Mortality Risk on Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Irena Dushi, Leora Friedberg, and Anthony Webb

Job Tenure and Pension Coverage
Alicia H. Munnell, Kelly Haverstick, and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

Effects of Public Policies on the Disposition of Lump-Sum Distributions: Rational and Behavioral Inf
William G. Gale and Michael Dworsky

Pensions, Social Security, Wealth and Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Stu
William G. Gale and John W.R. Phillips

Mortality Heterogeneity and The Distributional Consequences of Mandatory Annuitization
Guan Gong and Anthony Webb

Personalized Retirement Advice and Managed Accounts: Who Uses Them and How Does Advice Affect Behavi
Julie Agnew

Making Maximum Use of Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts
Janette Kawachi, Karen E. Smith, and Eric J. Toder

How Portfolios Evolve After Retirement: The Effect of Health Shocks
Courtney Coile and Kevin Milligan

How Does Marriage Affect the Allocation of Assets in Women's Defined Contribution Plans?
Angela C. Lyons and Tansel Yilmazer

How Do Pensions Affect Expected and Actual Retirement Ages?
Alicia H. Munnell, Robert K. Triest, and Natalia A. Jivan

Deferring Income in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans: The Dynamics of Participant Contributions
Karen E. Smith, Richard W. Johnson, and Leslie A. Muller

Employer Matching and 401(k) Saving: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Gary V. Engelhardt and Anil Kumar

Asset Allocation and Information Overload: The Influence of Information Display, Asset Choice and Investor Experience
Julie Agnew and Lisa R. Szykman

Large, Small, International: Equity Portfolio Choices in a Large 401(k) Plan
Julie Agnew and Pierluigi Balduzzi

An Analysis of How Individuals React to Market Returns in One 401(k) Plan
Julie Agnew

Valuing Assets in Retirement Saving Accounts
James M. Poterba

Household Demand for Variable Annuities
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba

Choice and Other Determinants of Employee Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans
Leslie E. Papke

Aggregate Implications of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Systems
Francisco Gomes and Alexander Michaelides

The Outlook for Pension Contributions and Profits in the U.S.
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto

Annuities and Individual Welfare
Thomas Davidoff, Jeffrey Brown, and Peter Diamond

Retirement Incentives and Couples' Retirement Decisions
Courtney Coile

Social Security and the Private Pension System: The Significance of Integrated Plans
Pamela Perun

Annuity Markets and Retirement Security
James M. Poterba

The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income
Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Claudia Sahm

Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization With Mortality Heterogeneity
Jeffrey Brown

What Determines 401(k) Participation and Contributions?
Alicia H. Munnell, Annika Sundén and Catherine Taylor

Do Spouses Coordinate Their Investment Decisions In Order To Share Risks?
Cori E. Uccello

Portfolio Choice, Trading, and Returns in a Large 401(k) Plan
Julie Agnew, Pierluigi Balduzzi, and Annika Sundén

401(k) Investment Decisions and Social Security Reform
Cori E. Uccello