Archive: Nilufer Gok

Many households do not have enough saved to maintain their standard of living in retirement. This resource gap means that retirees will often have to cut back on consumption and, in some cases, rely on adult children to …
For decades, we and other commentators have asserted that, at any given time, roughly 50 percent of private sector workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan. It used to be easy to check out the “50 percent” number because the federal government’s Current Population Survey (CPS) produced data on coverage and participation for public and…