Tag: 401k participants

The brief’s key findings are: The question is whether people getting married later has any effect on retirement saving. The analysis focuses on individuals’ contributions to a 401(k) plan before and after marriage. The results show that marriage is associated with higher participation and contribution rates for both men and women. These effects are relatively…

The brief’s key findings are: Mutual fund companies that are trustees of 401(k) plans must serve plan participants’ needs, but they also have an incentive to promote their own funds. The analysis suggests that these trustees tend to favor their own funds, especially their poor-quality funds. And 401(k) participants do not offset this bias by…