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Working Papers

2013

1. Compensation Matters: The Case of Teachers
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
2. Locally-Administered Pension Plans
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
3. State and Local Pension Costs: Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, and Post-Reform
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
4. The Economic Implications of the Department of Labor’s 2010 Proposals for Broker-Dealers
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
5. Will Regulations to Reduce IRA Fees Work?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2012

6. 2010 SCF Suggests Even Greater Retirement Risks
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
7. 401(k) Plans in 2010: An Update from the SCF
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
8. Are Aging Baby Boomers Squeezing Young Workers Out of Jobs?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
9. Can the Actuarial Reduction for Social Security Early Retirement Still Be Right?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
10. Do Income Taxes Affect the Progressivity of Social Security?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
11. How Important Is Asset Allocation to Financial Security in Retirement?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
12. How Retirement Provisions Affect Tenure of State and Local Workers
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
13. Legal Constraints on Changes in State and Local Pensions
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
14. National Retirement Risk Index: How Much Longer Do We Need to Work?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
15. Public Plans and Short-Term Employees
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
16. Social Security's Financial Outlook: the 2012 Update in Perspective
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
17. The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2011-2015
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
18. The National Retirement Risk Index: An Update
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
19. The Pension Coverage Problem in the Private Sector
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
20. What Explains Variation in Disability Application Rates Across States?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
21. What’s the Tax Advantage of 401(k)s?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
22. Why Do State Disability Application Rates Vary Over Time?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
23. Will Delayed Retirement by the Baby Boomers Lead to Higher Unemployment Among Younger Workers?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research

2011

24. A Role for Defined Contribution Plans in the Public Sector
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
25. An Update on Locally-Administered Pension Plans
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
26. Can State and Local Pensions Muddle Through?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
27. Comparing Compensation: State-Local versus Private Sector Workers
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
28. How Important Are Inheritances for Baby Boomers?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
29. How Important Are Intergenerational Transfers for Baby Boomers?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
30. How Prepared Are State and Local Workers for Retirement
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research (2011)
31. How Would GASB Proposals Affect State and Local Pension Reporting?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
32. Implications of a 'Chained' CPI
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
33. Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2011 Update in Perspective
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
34. The Impact of Pensions on State Borrowing Costs
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
35. Unions and Public Pension Benefits
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
36. What Explains State Variation in SSDI Application Rates?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
37. What Is 'CLASS'? And Will It Work?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
38. What Is the Average Retirement Age?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2010

39. How Will Higher Tax Rates Affect the National Retirement Risk Index?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
40. Overview of the CRR 2009 Retirement Survey
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
41. Public Pension Funding in Practice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2011)
42. Reducing Costs of 401(k) Plans with ETFs and Commingled Trusts
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
43. Returns on 401(k) Assets by Cohort
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
44. Social Security's Financial Outlook: the 2010 Update in Perspective
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
45. The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2009-2013
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
46. The Impact of Public Pensions on State and Local Budgets
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
47. Why Did Poverty Drop for the Elderly?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
48. Why Did Some Employers Suspend Their 401(k) Match?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2009

49. 401(k) Plans and Race
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
50. An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights From the 2007 SCF
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
51. An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights from the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finance
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
52. Can the Bottom Third Work Longer?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
53. Long-term Care Costs and The National Retirement Risk Index
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
54. Pension Coverage and Retirement Security
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
55. Recessions and Older Workers
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
56. Should social Security Rely Solely On The Payroll Tax?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
57. Strange But True: Claim Social Security Now, Claim More Later
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
58. Strange But True: Claim and Suspend Social Security
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
59. Strange But True: Free Loan From Social Security
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
60. The Implications of Declining Retiree Health Insurance
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
61. The National Retirement Risk Index: After The Crash
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
62. Unusual Social Security Claiming Strategies: Costs and Distributional Effects
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
63. What Does It Cost To Guarantee Returns?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
64. Why Are Older Workers At Greater Risk of Displacement?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2008

65. Are Older Men Healthy Enough to Work?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
66. Are Retirement Savings Too Exposed to Market Risk?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (7)
67. Do Households Have a Good Sense of Their Retirement Preparedness?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
68. Do State Economics or Individual Characteristics Determine Whether Older Men Work?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
69. Health Care Costs Drive Up the National Retirement Risk Index
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
70. How Much Do State Economics and Other Characteristics Affect Retirement Behavior?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
71. How Much Risk is Acceptable?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
72. Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2008 Update in Perspective
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
73. The Decline of Career Employment
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
74. The Financial Crisis and Private Defined Benefit Plans
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
75. The Financial Crisis and State/Local Defined Benefit Plans
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
76. The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
    Also in Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research (2008) View citations (1)
77. The Impact of Inflation on Social Security Benefits
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
78. Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)

2007

79. The Labor Supply of Older Americans
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (8)
80. Why Are Companies Freezing Their Pensions?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (7)

2006

81. Employer Attitudes towards Older Workers: Survey Results
    Work Opportunity Briefs, Center for Retirement Research View citations (4)
82. Has the Displacement of Older Workers Increased?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (5)
83. Job Tenure and Pension Coverage
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
84. Policies to Promote Labor Force Participation of Older People
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
85. What Replacement Rates Do Households Actually Experience In Retirement?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (13)
86. Will We Have To Work Forever?
    Work Opportunity Briefs, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2005

87. 401(k) Plans and Women: A "Good News/Bad News" Story
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
88. How Much Is the Working-Age Population Saving?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
89. Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2005 Update and a Look Back
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
90. What Does Price Indexing Mean for Social Security Benefits?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
91. What is Progressive Price Indexing?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research

2004

92. Changing 401(k) Defaults on Cashing Out: Another Step in the Right Direction
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
93. How Do Pensions Affect Expected and Actual Retirement Ages?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
94. Why Are So Many Older Women Poor?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)

2003

95. A Primer On IRAs
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
96. Household Borrowing From 401(k) Plans
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
97. The Declining Role Of Social Security
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (13)

2002

98. 401(k)s And Company Stock: How Can We Encourage Diversification?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (3)
99. How Important Are Private Pensions?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
100. How Will The Rise In 401(K) Plans Affect Bequests?
     Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
101. Sex And 401(k) Plans
     Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research

1992

102. Mortgage lending in Boston: interpreting HMDA data
     Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (37)
     See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1996)

1991

103. Are pensions worth the cost?
     Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (4)
104. What is the impact of pensions on saving?
     Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (7)

1990

105. Massachusetts in the 1990's: the role of state government
     Research Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)
     See also Journal Article in New England Economic Review (1991)

Undated

106. Investment Practices of State and Local Pension Funds: Implications for Social Security Reform
     Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2012

1. How the Risk of Displacement for Older Workers Has Changed
   LABOUR, 2012, 26, (1), 90-107

2011

2. Public pension funding in practice
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2011, 10, (02), 247-268 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

3. Pension type, tenure, and job mobility
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2010, 9, (04), 609-625

2008

4. “A reappraisal of social security financing”—revisited
   Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, 32, (4), 394-408

2005

5. Test Drive Suggests Bush's "Ownership Society" May Be a Lemon
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (1), 9
6. The False Charms of Social Security Privatization
   Challenge, 2005, 48, (2), 7-22

2004

7. The outlook for pension contributions and profits in the US
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2004, 3, (01), 77-97 View citations (2)

1997

8. Social Security: it ain't broken
   Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1997, (Jun), 297-303

1996

9. Mortgage Lending in Boston: Interpreting HMDA Data
   American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (1), 25-53 View citations (163)
   See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

10. Current taxation of qualified pension plans: has the time come?
    New England Economic Review, 1992, (Mar), 12-25 View citations (2)
11. Policy Watch: Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (4), 189-198 View citations (103)
12. Taxation of capital income in a global economy: an overview
    New England Economic Review, 1992, (Sep), 33-52

1991

13. Explaining the postwar pattern of personal saving
    New England Economic Review, 1991, (Nov), 17-28 View citations (1)
14. Financing capital expenditures in Massachusetts
    New England Economic Review, 1991, (Mar), 52-79
15. Is there a shortfall in public capital investment? An overview
    New England Economic Review, 1991, (May), 23-35 View citations (4)
    Also in Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1990, 1-20 (1990) View citations (3)
16. Is there a shortfall in public capital investment?: proceedings of a conference held in October 1990
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1991, (Jun)
17. Massachusetts in the 1990s: the role of state government
    New England Economic Review, 1991, (Jan), 15-26
    See also Working Paper (1990)
18. The influence of housing and durables on personal saving
    New England Economic Review, 1991, (Nov), 3-16

1990

19. Does a trend toward early retirement create problems for the economy?
    New England Economic Review, 1990, (Nov), 17-32
20. How does public infrastructure affect regional economic performance?
    New England Economic Review, 1990, (Sep), 11-33 View citations (134)
    Also in Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1990, 69-112 (1990) View citations (136)
21. Why has productivity growth declined? Productivity and public investment
    New England Economic Review, 1990, (Jan), 3-22 View citations (109)

1989

22. It's time to tax employee benefits
    New England Economic Review, 1989, (Jul), 49-63 View citations (1)
23. Public pension surpluses and national saving: foreign experience
    New England Economic Review, 1989, (Mar), 16-38 View citations (1)

1988

24. Public versus private provision of retirement income
    New England Economic Review, 1988, (May), 51-58
25. Wealth transfer taxation: the relative role for estate and income taxes
    New England Economic Review, 1988, (Nov), 3-28 View citations (3)

1987

26. Lessons from the income maintenance experiments: an overview
    New England Economic Review, 1987, (May), 32-45
    Also in Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1986, 1-21 (1986)
27. Lessons from the income maintenance experiments: proceedings of a conference held at Melvin Village, New Hampshire, September 1986
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1987, (Sep)
28. Pension contributions and the stock market
    New England Economic Review, 1987, (Nov), 3-14 View citations (2)
29. The changing profile of pensions in America, by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Washington DC: EBRI, 1985, 234pp. Price: $30.00 cloth, $18.00 paper
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 6, (3), 456-461
30. The current status of our social welfare system
    New England Economic Review, 1987, (Jul), 3-12 View citations (1)

1986

31. Should the U.S. government issue index bonds?
    New England Economic Review, 1986, (Sep), 3-21 View citations (4)
32. The economics of tax simplification: an overview
    New England Economic Review, 1986, (Jan), 11-28

1985

33. Economic consequences of tax simplification
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1985, 1-28

1976

34. Private Pensions and Saving: New Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 1976, 84, (5), 1013-32 View citations (19)

Books

2007

1. The labor supply of older American men
   Monograph, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (1)

2006

2. Social Security and the Stock Market: How the Pursuit of Market Magic Shapes the System
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (1)

1981

3. Pensions and capital accumulation
   Monograph, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)