Archive: Anqi Chen

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At any given time, only about half of U.S. private sector workers are covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan.  As a result, roughly one-third of households end up completely reliant on Social Security at retirement, while others move in and out of coverage throughout their careers and end up with only modest balances in a…

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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a primary source of information on retirement wealth, income, and replacement rates, but calculating these measures requires a host of methodological choices that affect the results.  Since researchers have not yet established clear best practices for dealing with the survey’s complex structure, studies using the HRS are often…