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Documentary: Navigating a 401k World

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February 15, 2022

Early in this new documentary, the director’s message seems to be that retirement finances are messy, elusive, and too complicated for mere mortals to understand. He’s right on all counts. Filmmaker Doug Orchard reminds us in “The Baby Boomer Dilemma: An Exposé on America’s Retirement Experiment” that there are no easy solutions for Social Security,…

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Are Early Claimers Making a Mistake?

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July 26, 2016

Abstract Using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data and Latent Class Analysis for three cohorts (those born in 1931-1936, 1937-1941, and 1942-1947), this paper explores: 1) who claims Social Security benefits at age 62; 2) what percentage of households claiming at 62 are unprepared for retirement; and 3) whether the unprepared early claimers were pushed…

How Big a Burden Are State and Local OPEB Benefits?

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March 15, 2016

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GASB 68: How Will State Unfunded Pension Liabilities Affect Big Cities?

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January 19, 2016
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Investment Returns: Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Plans

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December 15, 2015
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The Transition from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pensions: Does It Influence Elderly Poverty?

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July 8, 2015
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Will the Average Retirement Age Continue to Increase?

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July 7, 2015
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Do Retired Americans Annuitize Too Little? Trends in the Share of Annuitized Income

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June 18, 2015
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How Will Longer Lifespans Affect State and Local Pension Funding?

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April 14, 2015
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Corporate Pension Plan Investments in Alternative Assets: Determinants and Consequences

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September 2, 2011
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Changes in Firm Pension Policy: Trends Away From Traditional Defined Benefit Plans

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February 16, 2011
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Problems with State-Local Final Pay Plans and Options for Reform

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August 16, 2010