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Working Papers

2006

1. A New National Retirement Risk Index
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
2. Empirical Regularity Suggests Retirement Risks
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
3. How Much Are Workers Saving?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
4. Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2006 Update In Perspective
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
5. What Replacement Rates Do Households Actually Experience In Retirement?
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations

2005

6. 401(k) Plans and Women: A "Good News/Bad News" Story
   Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations
7. Are the Social Security Trust Funds Meaningful?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
8. Mandatory Social Security Coverage of State and Local Workers: A Perennial Hot Button
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
9. Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2005 Update and a Look Back
   Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
10. What Does Price Indexing Mean for Social Security Benefits?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations
11. What is Progressive Price Indexing?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
12. Yikes! How to Think About Risk?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research

2004

13. A Bird's Eye View of the Social Security Debate
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
14. An Update on Pension Data
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
15. Changing 401(k) Defaults on Cashing Out: Another Step in the Right Direction
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
16. How Do Pensions Affect Actual and Expected Retirement Ages?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations
17. Improving 401(k) Investment Performance
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
18. Most People Don't Know The Social Security Retirement Age Is Rising
    Data Profiles, Center for Retirement Research
19. People Expect To Work Longer Than They Actually Do
    Data Profiles, Center for Retirement Research
20. People Think They Are Saving More Than They Are
    Data Profiles, Center for Retirement Research
21. People Think They Have More Pension Coverage Than They Do
    Data Profiles, Center for Retirement Research
22. Population Aging: It's Not Just The Baby Boom
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
    Also in Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research (2004)
23. Should We Raise Social Security's Earliest Eligibility Age?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
24. Why Are So Many Older Women Poor?
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations

2003

25. 401(k)s And Company Stock: How Can We Encourage Diversification?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
26. A Primer On IRAs
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
27. Household Borrowing From 401(k) Plans
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
28. How Has The Shift To 401(k)s Affected The Retirement Age?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
29. How Important Are Private Pensions?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
30. How Will The Rise In 401(K) Plans Affect Bequests?
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
31. Sex And 401(k) Plans
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research
32. Suspending The Employer 401(k) Match
    Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research View citations
33. The Declining Role Of Social Security
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations
34. The Outlook For Pension Contributions And Profits In The U.S
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2004)

2002

35. Investment Practices Of State And Local Pension Funds: Implications For Social Security Reform
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
    Also in Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania View citations
36. What Determines 401(k) Participation And Contributions?
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations

1992

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

1991

38. Are pensions worth the cost?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations
39. What is the impact of pensions on saving?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations

1990

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

Journal Articles

2005

1. The False Charms of Social Security Privatization
   Challenge, 2005, 48, (2), 7-22

2004

2. The outlook for pension contributions and profits in the US
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2004, 3, (01), 77-97 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

1997

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

1996

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

1992

5. Current taxation of qualified pension plans: has the time come?
   New England Economic Review, 1992, (Mar), 12-25 View citations
6. Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (4), 189-98 View citations
7. Taxation of capital income in a global economy: an overview
   New England Economic Review, 1992, (Sep), 33-52

1991

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

1990

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

1989

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

1988

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

1987

21. 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)
22. Lessons from the income maintenance experiments: proceedings of a conference held at Melvin Village, New Hampshire, September 1986
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 1987, (Sep)
23. Pension contributions and the stock market
    New England Economic Review, 1987, (Nov), 3-14 View citations
24. The current status of our social welfare system
    New England Economic Review, 1987, (Jul), 3-12 View citations

1986

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

1985

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

1976

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