Tag: pre-retirement withdrawals

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Study suggests differences may be disappearing. A 2020 Bank of America study examined 401(k) participation rates, contribution rates, investment allocations, balances, and leakages for the 4.6 million participants in the company’s record-keeping systems.  In addition to breaking the data out by gender, the report also includes results by generation.  The authors conclude that participation rates…

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Abstract About half of private sector workers in the United States do not participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan at their current job.  To fill the gap, a number of state governments around the country have recently launched initiatives to automatically enroll their uncovered workers in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).  This paper reports on t…