Tag: 401ks

Pink piggy banks overhead view

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…

Puzzle about 401k retirement plan

A longer look lowers estimates of its impact, but making saving easy remains essential. The same research team that documented the impact of auto-enrollment and auto-escalation in 401(k) plans has returned to the topic to assess how real-life events affect the longer-run effect of these automatic provisions.  I think it’s really cool for researchers to…