Archive: Anqi Chen
Measures of retirement preparedness often suggest that a substantial share of U.S. households are not on track to maintain their standard of living in retirement. And many retirees report regret for not saving enough. Yet, when asked about their life satisfaction, the overwhelming majority – 92 percent – of retired households say…
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), which hold over half of total private retirement assets, were introduced as a way for workers without an employer-sponsored plan to save for retirement in a tax-advantaged account. Instead, they have been primarily used as a vehicle for rollovers from employer-sponsored plans, with direct contributions…
