Tag: Social Security

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They will ensure that uncovered workers have some savings and will teach us much. In a recent blog, my friend Andrew Biggs claims that “Auto-IRAs could hurt low-income workers.”  My view is that – given the circumstances – state auto-IRA initiatives are a worthy experiment from which we can learn a lot.  The motivation behind…

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Men with high school diplomas are retiring around age 63 – three years before college-educated men.  The gap in their retirement ages used to be smaller. The reasons behind the current disparity are explained in a review of research studies on the topic by Matt Rutledge, an economist with the Center for Retirement Research.  T…