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June 2022

After 50 Years of Progress, How Prepared Are Women for Retirement?

Alicia H. Munnell Siyan Liu Laura D. Quinby

Since Title IX’s passage, women have made significant economic gains; and they do not appear to have undone these gains by opting to spend more of their adult life single.

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CRR Special Series on Legacy Pension Debt

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

This series quantifies the "legacy debt" (unfunded liabilities from long ago) for several major state-administered retirement systems and offers a new approach to better manage these liabilities.

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May 2022

Why Do Some Small Businesses Offer Retirement Plans?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

This report aims to identify the characteristics of small firms that offer a retirement plan to help determine which firms without a plan may be more likely to offer one in the future.

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December 2021

Implications of Allowing U.S. Employers to Opt Out of a Payroll-Tax-Financed Paid Leave Program

Laura D. Quinby Robert L. Siliciano

This report considers how one aspect of paid family and medical leave program design – allowing employers to opt out and offer comparable private plans – affects the generosity of benefits, who bears the cost, and employer practices.

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March 2018

An Analysis of Retirement Models to Improve Portability and Coverage

Alicia H. Munnell Anek Belbase Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher

This report explores options for improving access to workplace retirement savings plans.

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February 2018

The New Hampshire Retirement System: A Look Backward and Forward

Jean-Pierre Aubry Caroline V. Crawford

Given the relative affordability of current pension costs, the report suggests two changes to NHRS that would likely increase costs today but would reduce the risk that poor investment returns and/or a backloaded funding policy could significantly increase costs or reduce the funded ratio down the road.

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December 2017

Multiemployer Pension Plans: Current Status and Future Trends

Alicia H. Munnell Jean-Pierre Aubry Caroline V. Crawford

Any solution to the multiemployer problem must be comprehensive, not only helping those in serious trouble today but also staving off future problems.

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February 2012

The Rise of Financial Fraud: Scams Never Change but Disguises Do

Kimberly Blanton

Awareness of scammer's disguises can help individuals steer clear of fraudulent schemes that can rob them of their financial security.

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October 2011

Personal Finance Instruction at U.S. Colleges and Universities

Kimberly Blanton

Student debt in the United States now approaches $1 trillion – exceeding Americans’ credit-card balances for the first time – and 59 percent of U.S. undergraduates are in debt, according to FinAid.org.

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June 2011

Exploration of Retirement Planning Attitudes and Behavior

the Boathouse Group and Plan-it Marketing

In the fall of 2010, the CRR sponsored a series of qualitative interviews with consumers on a range of retirement issues.

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