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2009: Pension Coverage and Retirement Security

Alicia Munnell and Laura Quinby

2009: The Swedish Pension System and the Economic Crisis

Annika Sundén

2009: 401(k) Plans and Race

Alicia Munnell and Christopher Sullivan

2009: Why Are Stocks So Risky?

Richard Kopcke and Lawrence Muldoon

2009: Pension Buyouts: What Can We Learn From the UK Experience?

Ashby Monk

2009: What is the Age of Reason?

Sumit Agarwal, John Driscoll, Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson

2009: The National Retirement Risk Index: After The Crash

Alicia Munnell, Anthony Webb and Francesca Golub-Sass

2009: Making Your Nest Egg Last a Lifetime

Anthony Webb

2009: Older Americans On The Go: How Often, Where, and Why?

Kelly Haverstick and Natalia Zhivan

2009: The Case For Investing in Bonds During Retirement

Anthony Webb

2009: Should social Security Rely Solely On The Payroll Tax?

Alicia Munnell

2009: Should You Carry A Mortgage Into Retirement

Anthony Webb

2009: Is Latin America Retreating From Individual Retirement Accounts?

Fabio Bertranou, Esteban Calvo and Evelina Bertranou

2009: Employers' (Lack of) Response to the Retirement Income Challenge

Steven Sass, Kelly Haverstick and Jean-Pierre Aubry

2009: Risk Pooling and the Market Crash: Lessons From Canada's Pension Plan

Ashby Monk and Steven Sass

2009: A New Social Security 'Notch'? Bad News for People Born in 1947

Andrew Biggs

2009: Does Staying Healthy Reduce Your Lifetime Health Care Costs?

Wei Sun, Anthony Webb and Natalia Zhivan

2009: Strange But True: Claim and Suspend Social Security

Alicia Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass and Nadia Karamcheva

2009: Why Are Older Workers At Greater Risk of Displacement?

Alicia Munnell, Steven Sass and Natalia Zhivan

2009: Strange But True: Claim Social Security Now, Claim More Later

Alicia Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass and Nadia Karamcheva

2009: How Do Emotions Influence Saving Behavior

Gergana Nenkov, Deborah MacInnis and Maureen Morrin

2009: Long-term Care Costs and The National Retirement Risk Index

Alicia Munnell, Anthony Webb, Francesca Golub-Sass and Lawrence Muldoon

2009: Strange But True: Free Loan From Social Security

Alicia Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass and Nadia Karamcheva

2009: An Update on 401(k) Plans: Insights From the 2007 SCF

Alicia Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass and Lawrence Muldoon

2009: What Does It Cost To Guarantee Returns?

Alicia Munnell, Alex Golub-Sass, Richard Kopcke and Anthony Webb

2009: The Structure of 401(k) Fees

Richard Kopcke, Francis Vitagliano and Lawrence Muldoon

2009: Recessions and Older Workers

Alicia Munnell, Lawrence Muldoon and Steven Sass

2009: Can the Bottom Third Work Longer?

Alicia Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Steven Sass

2009: Older Americans On The Go: Financial and Psychological Effects of Moving

Esteban Calvo, Kelly Haverstick and Natalia Zhivan

2008: Is CalPERS a Sovereign Wealth Fund?

Ashby Monk

2008: How Much Risk is Acceptable?

Alicia Munnell, Anthony Webb and Alex Golub-Sass

2008: The Financial Crisis and State/Local Defined Benefit Plans

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Lawrence Muldoon

2008: The Financial Crisis and Private Defined Benefit Plans

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Lawrence Muldoon

2008: Are Older Men Healthy Enough to Work?

Alicia Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Alex Golub-Sass

2008: Are Retirement Savings Too Exposed to Market Risk?

Alicia Munnell and Lawrence Muldoon

2008: The Impact of Inflation on Social Security Benefits

Alicia Munnell and Lawrence Muldoon

2008: The Decline of Career Employment

Alicia Munnell and Steven Sass

2008: Do State Economics or Individual Characteristics Determine Whether Older Men Work?

Alicia Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Robert Triest and Natalia Zhivan

2008: The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security

Alicia Munnell and Mauricio Soto

2008: Do Households Have a Good Sense of Their Retirement Preparedness?

Alicia Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass, Mauricio Soto and Anthony Webb

2008: How Much Do Older Workers Value Employee Health Insurance?

Leora Friedberg, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb

2008: The Annuity Puzzle and Negative Framing

Julie Agnew, Lisa Anderson, Jeffrey Gerlach and Lisa Szykman

2008: How Can We Improve Long-Term Care Financing?

Howard Gleckman

2008: Are People Claiming Social Security Benefits Later?

Lawrence Muldoon and Richard Kopcke

2008: Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2008 Update in Perspective

Alicia Munnell

2008: Why Do More Older Men Work in Some States?

Alicia Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Natalia Zhivan

2008: When Should Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits?

Steven Sass, Wei Sun and Anthony Webb

2008: Health Care Costs Drive Up the National Retirement Risk Index

Alicia Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Anthony Webb, Francesca Golub-Sass and Lawrence Muldoon

2008: An "Elastic" Earliest Eligibility Age for Social Security

Natalia Zhivan, Steven Sass, Margarita Sapozhnikov and Kelly Haverstick

2008: Pension Wealth and Income: 1992, 1998, and 2004

Olga Sorokina, Anthony Webb and Lawrence Muldoon

2002: Is Working Longer the Answer for an Aging Workforce?

Gary Burtless and Joseph Quinn

2002: How Will The Rise In 401(K) Plans Affect Bequests?

Alicia Munnell, Annika Sunden, Mauricio Soto and Catherine Taylor

2002: 401(k)s And Company Stock: How Can We Encourage Diversification?

Alicia Munnell and Annika Sunden

2002: How Important Are Private Pensions?

Alicia Munnell, Annika Sunden and Elizabeth Lidstone

2001: Are Americans Saving Enough For Retirement?

Cori E. Uccello

2001: Should A Lump-Sum Payment Replace Social Security's Delayed Retirement Credit?

Peter Orszag

2000: How Would Financial Risk Affect Retirement Income Under Individual Accounts?

Gary Burtless

2000: How Should We Insure Longevity Risk In Pensions And Social Security?

Jeffrey Brown

2000: How Will Sweden's New Pension System Work?

Annika Sunden

1999: What Stock Market Returns To Expect For The Future?

Peter Diamond

1999: What To Do About The Social Security Earnings Test?

Jonathan Gruber and Peter Orszag