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2016: State Auto-IRA Programs: The Keys to Financial Self-Sufficiency

Alicia Munnell, Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: Cognitive Aging and Ability to Work

Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: Cognitive Aging: A Primer

Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: How Much Does Housing Affect Retirement Security? An NRRI Update

Alicia Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: Can We Increase Retirement Saving?

Steven Sass

2016: Does Socioeconomic Status Lead People to Retire Too Soon?

Alicia Munnell, Anthony Webb and Anqi Chen

2016: How Job Options Narrow for Older Workers by Socioeconomic Status

Matthew Rutledge, Steven Sass and Jorge D. Ramos-Mercado

2016: How Can We Realize the Value That Annuities Offer in a 401(k) World?

Steven Sass

2016: Reducing Default Rates of Reverse Mortgages

Stephanie Moulton, Donald Haurin and Wei Shi

2016: How Work & Marriage Trends Affect Social Security’s Family Benefits

Steven Sass

2016: Social Security’s Financial Outlook: The 2016 Update in Perspective

Alicia Munnell

2016: Do Households Save More When the Kids Leave Home?

Irena Dushi, Alicia Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Anthony Webb and Anqi Chen

2016: Could the Saver’s Credit Enhance State Coverage Initiatives?

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2016: How Do Job Skills That Decline With Age Affect White-Collar Workers?

Anek Belbase, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Christopher M. Gillis

2016: State Savings Initiatives: Lessons from California and Connecticut

Anek Belbase, Alicia Munnell, Nari Rhee and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: State Initiatives to Cover Uncovered Private Sector Workers

Alicia Munnell, Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2016: How Do Non-Financial Factors Affect Retirement Decisions?

Steven Sass

2016: Will the Explosion of Student Debt Widen the Retirement Security Gap?

Alicia Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Anthony Webb

2016: Does a Uniform Retirement Age Make Sense?

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Anthony Webb, Natalia S. Orlova and Candace M. Cosgrove

2015: Investment Returns: Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Plans

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

2015: The Affordable Care Act, Medicare Costs, and Retirement Security

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2015: Will Social Security Keep Fewer of Tomorrow’s Elderly Out of Poverty?

Steven Sass

2015: Do We Need a Price Index for the Elderly?

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2015: Why Do People Lapse Their Long-Term Care Insurance?

Wenliang Hou, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb

2015: How Has Shift to Defined Contribution Plans Affected Saving?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

2015: How Do Inheritances Affect the National Retirement Risk Index?

Alicia Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Anthony Webb

2015: No Social Security COLA Causes Medicare Flap

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2015: Are 401(k) Investment Menus Set Solely for Plan Participants?

Veronika K. Pool, Clemens Sialm and Irina Stefanescu

2015: Social Security’s Financial Outlook: The 2015 Update in Perspective

Alicia Munnell

2015: Does the Social Security “Statement” Add Value?

Steven Sass

2015: Do Catch-Up Contributions Increase 401(k) Saving?

Qi Guan, Matthew Rutledge, April Yanyuan Wu and Francis M. Vitagliano

2015: Are Americans of All Ages and Income Levels Shortsighted About Their Finances?

Steven Sass and Jorge D. Ramos-Mercado

2015: Trends in Social Security Claiming

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2015: Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It

Alicia Munnell

2015: Are Cognitive Constraints a Barrier to Annuitization?

Jeffrey Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo Luttmer and Olivia Mitchell

2015: Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence

Alicia Munnell, Matthew Rutledge and Anthony Webb

2015: The Average Retirement Age – An Update

Alicia Munnell

2015: Dog Bites Man: Americans Are Shortsighted About Their Finances

Steven Sass, Anek Belbase, Thomas Cooperride and Jorge D. Ramos-Mercado

2015: The Impact of Leakages on 401(k)/IRA Assets

Alicia Munnell and Anthony Webb

2015: How Does Aging Affect Financial Decision Making?

Keith Jacks Gamble, Patricia A. Boyle, Lei Yu and David A. Bennett

2014: NRRI Update Shows Half Still Falling Short

Alicia Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Anthony Webb

2014: Do Census Data Understate Retirement Income?

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

2014: Long-Term Care: How Big a Risk?

Leora Friedberg, Wenliang Hao, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb

2014: Multiemployer Plans – A Proposal to Spread the Pain

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Wenliang Hao and Anthony Webb

2014: Can PBGC Save Multiemployer Plans?

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

2014: 401(k)/IRA Holdings in 2013: An Update from the SCF

Alicia Munnell

2014: The Financial Status of Private Sector Multiemployer Pension Plans

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

2014: Private Sector Multiemployer Pension Plans – A Primer

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

2014: Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2014 Update in Perspective

Alicia Munnell

2014: How Much Should People Save?

Alicia Munnell, Anthony Webb and Wenliang Hou

2014: Medicaid and the Elderly

Mariacristina De Nardi, Eric French and John Jones

2014: What We Know About Health Reform in Massachusetts

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

2014: Why Don't Lower-Income Individuals Have Pensions?

April Y. Wu, Matthew Rutledge and Jacob Penglase

2014: Is Pension Coverage A Problem In The Private Sector?

Alicia Munnell and Dina Bleckman

2014: Do Longevity Expectations Influence Retirement Plans?

Mashfiqur R. Khan, Matthew Rutledge and April Y. Wu

2014: The U.K.’s Ambitious New Retirement Savings Initiative

Steven Sass

2014: The Impact of Aging Baby Boomers on Labor Force Participation

Alicia Munnell

2014: How Long Do Unemployed Workers Search For A Job?

Matthew Rutledge

2014: How Will More Obesity and Less Smoking Affect Life Expectancy?

Samuel H. Preston, Andrew Stokes, Neil K. Mehta and Bochen Cao

2014: The Government’s Redesigned Reverse Mortgage Program

Alicia Munnell and Steven Sass