Details about John A. Turner

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Department of Labor, Government of the United States, (more information at EDIRC) Social Security Adminsitration, Government of the United States, (more information at EDIRC) Public Policy Institute (PPI), American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), (more information at EDIRC) International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2011

1. The Persistence of Employee 401(k) Contributions Over a Major Stock Market Cycle: Evidence on the Limited Power of Inertia on Savings Behavior
   Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (3)

2010

2. Adjusting Social Security for Increasing Life Expectancy: Effects on Progressivity
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research

2007

3. Why Some Workers Don't Take 401(k)Plan Offers: Inertia versus Economics
   CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy)
4. Work at Older Ages: Is Raising the Early Retirement Age an Option for Social Security Reform?
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research

Undated

5. Are Women Conservative Investors? Gender Differences in Participant Directed Pension Investments
   Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania View citations (14)
6. Pension Coverage Initiatives: Why Don't Workers Participate?
   Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania
7. Private Pension Systems in Transition Economies
   Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania

Journal Articles

2024

1. Complex pension products: A multidimensional approach
   Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), 2024, 20, (1), 14-28

2023

2. Trust and the behavioral economics of automatic enrollment in pensions: a comparison of the UK and Poland
   Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2023, 26, (2), 216-237 View citations (1)

2021

3. China’s development of a multi‐tier pension system
   International Social Security Review, 2021, 74, (1), 35-58
4. Improving on Defaults: Helping Pension Participants Manage Financial Market Risk in Target Date Funds
   Risks, 2021, 9, (4), 1-14 View citations (2)

2020

5. Provision of Longevity Insurance Annuities
   Financial Analysts Journal, 2020, 76, (4), 119-133
6. War and Pensions: The Effects of War on Social Security and Pensions Around the World
   International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2020, 12, (2), 45

2018

7. Extending pension coverage: Tax versus non-tax incentives
   ACTA VSFS, 2018, 12, (2), 107-124 View citations (1)

2017

8. A graded catalytic–protective layer for an efficient and stable water-splitting photocathode
   Nature Energy, 2017, 2, (2), 1-8

2016

9. An international comparison of regulatory capture and regulatory outcomes
   Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2016, 24, (4), 383-401

2015

10. Gender and Public Pensions in China: Do Pensions Reduce the Gender Gap in Compensation?
    Sustainability, 2015, 7, (2), 1-15 View citations (4)
11. Longevity insurance annuities: China adopts a benefit innovation from the past
    International Social Security Review, 2015, 68, (2), 27-41

2014

12. Extending social security coverage to the rural sector in China
    International Social Security Review, 2014, 67, (1), 49-70 View citations (3)
13. Social Security Individual Accounts in China: Toward Sustainability in Individual Account Financing
    Sustainability, 2014, 6, (8), 1-16 View citations (6)

2013

14. Extending pension and savings scheme coverage to the informal sector: Kenya's Mbao Pension Plan
    International Social Security Review, 2013, 66, (2), 79-99 View citations (3)

2012

15. Closing the Coverage Gap: The Role of Social Pensions and Other Retirement Income Transfers. Robert Holzmann, David A. Robalino, and Noriyuki Takayama, eds. The World Bank, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8213-7971-4, 225 pages
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2012, 11, (1), 141-143

2011

16. Book Review: Human Resources, Management, and Personnel: Pensions in the Health and Retirement Study
    ILR Review, 2011, 64, (3), 620-621

2010

17. The Age of Aging: How Demographics are Changing the Global Economy and Our World. By George Magnus. Wiley, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-82291-3, 256 pages
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2010, 9, (1), 161-162

2007

18. Social security pensionable ages in OECD countries: 1949‐2035
    International Social Security Review, 2007, 60, (1), 81-99

2006

19. Book Review: Economic and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions: Reinventing the Retirement Paradigm
    ILR Review, 2006, 59, (4), 667-668

2004

20. Individual accounts: Lessons from Sweden
    International Social Security Review, 2004, 57, (1), 65-84 View citations (1)

2001

21. Rate of return guarantees for mandatory defined contribution plans
    International Social Security Review, 2001, 54, (4), 49-66 View citations (4)
22. Strategies to Reduce Contribution Evasion in Social Security Financing
    World Development, 2001, 29, (2), 385-393 View citations (17)

2000

23. Labour Market Effects of Defined Contribution Plans: An International Survey
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2000, 4, (3), 224-231 View citations (1)
24. Mandatory Defined‐Contribution Pension Systems: Progress — or Regression?
    International Social Security Review, 2000, 53, (4), 25-36 View citations (1)
25. Partial retirement and pension policy in industrialized countries
    International Labour Review, 2000, 139, (2), 179-195 View citations (12)

1999

26. New Zealand's approach to bank supervision
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 1999, 7, (3), 250-255
27. Work, Family, State and Market: Income Packaging for Older Households
    International Social Security Review, 1999, 52, (3), 93-106

1997

28. Book Review: Income and Social Security and Substandard Working Conditions: Entitlements and the Elderly: Protecting Promises, Recognizing Realities
    ILR Review, 1997, 50, (2), 352-353

1990

29. Union-Nonunion Differences in Pension Fund Investments and Earnings
    ILR Review, 1990, 43, (5), 542-555

1988

30. Pension Survivors Insurance for Widows
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 403-22 View citations (4)
31. Social Security Benefits and the Baby-Boom Generation
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 76-80

1987

32. DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN THE POLITICAL MARKET
    Studies in Economics and Finance, 1987, 11, (1), 3-17

1985

33. Is the Social Security Payroll Tax a Tax?
    Public Finance Review, 1985, 13, (3), 253-267 View citations (20)

1982

34. Labor-Market Experience of the Almost Old and the Implications for Income Support
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 304-08 View citations (2)
35. Social Security, Preretirement Labor Supply, and Saving: A Confirmation and a Critique
    Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90, (3), 643-46 View citations (6)

1981

36. Inflation and the Accumulation of Assets in Private Pension Funds
    Economic Inquiry, 1981, 19, (3), 410-25 View citations (2)
37. Life-Cycle Welfare Costs of Social Security
    Public Finance Review, 1981, 9, (2), 123-142 View citations (1)

1978

38. A Time-Series Analysis on Social Security and Its Effect on the Market Work of Men at Younger Ages
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (4), 701-15 View citations (36)

Books

2016

1. Sustaining Social Secdurity in an Era of Population Aging
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

2014

2. Social Security and Pension Reform: International Perspectives
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)

2011

3. Imagining the Ideal Pension System: International Perspectives
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
4. Longevity Policy: Facing Up to Longevity Issues Affecting Social Security, Pensions, and Older Workers
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

2010

5. Pension Policy: The Search for Better Solutions
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

2006

6. Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

1995

7. Private Pension Policies in Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (8)

1993

8. Pension Policy for a Mobile Labor Force
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (1)

Edited books

2001

1. Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Chapters

2020

1. Longevity Insurance Benefits for Social Security: International Experience
   Springer

2004

2. How Societies Mix Public and Private Spheres in their Pension Systems
   Chapter 9 in Rethinking the Welfare State, 2004

1997

3. Enterprise and the State: Interactions in the Provision of Employees' Retirement Income in the United States
   Chapter 10 in Enterprise and the Welfare State, 1997, pp 352-380