Tag: future retirement income
Many of today’s workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving this problem is a major challenge because risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. Falling Short provides a vivid picture of the coming retirement crisis and provides specific solutions…
Abstract This paper simulates the impact of the 2008 stock market crash on future retirement savings under alternative scenarios. If stocks remain depressed as after the 1974 crash, 20 percent of pre-boomers born 1941-45 and 22 percent of late boomers born 1961-65 would see their retirement incomes drop 10 percent or more. Working another year…
