Alicia H. Munnell

Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

Peter F. Drucker Professor in Management Sciences

Fulton Hall 550

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

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Investment Practices of State and Local Pension Funds: Implications for Social Security Reform

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Investment Practices of State and Local Pension Funds: Implications for Social Security Reform

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 1999-01
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Nov 2000
Annika E. Sundén and Alicia H. Munnell
Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Social Security, retirement

Investment Practices of State and Local Pension Funds: Implications for Social Security Reform

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 1999
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell and Annika E. Sundén
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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Investment Practices of State and Local Pension Funds: Implications for Social Security Reform

PENSIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Olivia S. Mitchell and Edwin C. Hustead, Eds., Pension Research Council & University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
Posted: 10 Sep 2001
Annika E. Sundén and Alicia H. Munnell
Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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How Important is Asset Allocation to Financial Security in Retirement?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2012-13
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Apr 2012
Alicia H. Munnell, Natalia Orlova and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 687 (82,469)
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labor force, Health and Retirement Study, pre-retirees, retirement, mortgage

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The Value of Annuities

CRR WP 2021-5, March 2021
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Gal Wettstein, Alicia H. Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Nilufer Gok
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Will Delayed Retirement by the Baby Boomers Lead to Higher Unemployment Among Younger Workers?

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2012-22
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Oct 2012
Alicia H. Munnell and April Yanyuan Wu
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Downloads 386 (166,569)
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What Replacement Rates Do Households Actually Experience in Retirement?

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What Replacement Rates Do Households Actually Experience in Retirement?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 228 (288,001)
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What Replacement Rates do Households Actually Experience in Retirement?

Canadian Rights Reporter Paper No. 2005-10
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Nov 2012
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 127 (485,548)
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replacement rate, home equity, retirement income, social security, private pensions

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401(K) Plans are Still Coming Up Short

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Jun 2006
Alicia H. Munnell and Annika E. Sundén
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
Downloads 332 (197,312)
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Social Security

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What Determines 401(K) Participation and Contributions?

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What Determines 401(K) Participation and Contributions?

Boston College CRR Working Paper No. 2000-12
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Dec 2000
Alicia H. Munnell, Annika E. Sundén and Catherine Taylor
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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401(k), savings, pensions, retirement

What Determines 401(K) Participation and Contributions?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2000
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Annika E. Sundén and Catherine Taylor
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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Why are Companies Freezing Their Pensions?

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Why are Companies Freezing Their Pensions?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Nov 2008
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 313 (207,828)
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Why are Companies Freezing Their Pensions?

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Why are Healthy Employers Freezing Their Pensions?

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Jun 2006
Mauricio Soto, Alicia H. Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass and Francis M. Vitagliano
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 301 (218,561)
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defined benefit plans, pensions, 401(k), pension freezes, pension coverage, company, defined contribution plans, risk, compensation, employee benefits, benefits

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Why are so Many Older Women Poor?

Boston College CRR-JTF Working Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 31 Aug 2005
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 294 (224,146)
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Poverty, women, elderly

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What Explains State Variation in SSDI Application Rates?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2011-23
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Norma Coe, Kelly Haverstick, Alicia H. Munnell and Anthony Webb
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 287 (229,819)
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social security disability insurance, SSDI, demographic, health, employment

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The Declining Role of Social Security

Boston College Center for Retirement Research No. JTF6
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 268 (246,613)
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social security, retirement, replacement rate

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Should We Raise Social Security's Earliest Eligibility Age?

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Paper No. IB18
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Alicia H. Munnell, Kevin B. Meme, Natalia Jivan and Kevin E. Cahill
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College
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social security, eligibility, eea

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How Would GASB Proposals Affect State and Local Pension Reporting?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Aug 2013
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Joshua Hurwitz and Laura Quinby
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 191 (343,955)
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How Much Income Do Retirees Actually Have? Evaluating the Evidence from Five National Datasets

CRR WP 2018-14
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Dec 2018
Anqi Chen, Alicia H. Munnell and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
Downloads 181 (359,445)
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Do Households Increase Their Savings When the Kids Leave Home?

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Do Households Increase Their Savings When the Kids Leave Home?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Oct 2015
Irena Dushi, Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Anthony Webb
U.S. Social Security Administration, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 125 (491,724)
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Do Households Increase Their Savings When the Kids Leave Home?

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 08/2015-084
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Mar 2016
Alicia H. Munnell, Irena Dushi, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, U.S. Social Security Administration, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security

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The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security

CRR Working Paper No. 2008-13
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 168 (383,581)
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The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security

Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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How Do Pensions Affect Expected and Actual Retirement Ages?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Alicia H. Munnell, Robert K. Triest and Natalia Jivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Pensions for State and Local Government Workers Not Covered by Social Security: Do Benefits Meet Federal Standards?

Social Security Bulletin. 80(3): 1-29, 2020
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Oct 2020
Laura Quinby, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Social Security, Public Pensions, Benefit Generosity, Retirement

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Challenges of Retirement Policy, Social Security Reform, and Retirement Income: A Discussion with Alicia H. Munnell, PhD

Retirement Management Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2019, pp. 6-16
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 31 Jan 2020
Alicia H. Munnell, Robert Powell, Jason J. Fichtner, Teresa Ghilarducci and Teresa Ghilarducci
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, University of California, Berkeley, Bipartisan Policy Center and Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA)The New School for Social Research
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Munnell, retirement income, Social Security reform

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Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

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Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

CRR Working Paper No. 2008-11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Alex Golub-Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR)
Downloads 153 (416,228)
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Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Alex Golub-Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR)

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Will People be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell and Jerilyn Libby
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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How Much Taxes Will Retirees Owe on Their Retirement Income?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, CRR WP 2020-16, November 2020
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Mar 2021
Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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financing retirement

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How Best to Annuitize Defined Contribution Assets?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Nov 2019
Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein and Wenliang Hou
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Employer Perceptions of Older Workers – Surveys from 2019 and 2006

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Employer Perceptions of Older Workers – Surveys from 2019 and 2006

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Employer Perceptions of Older Workers – Surveys from 2019 and 2006

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 May 2020
Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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The Labor Supply of Older Americans

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The Labor Supply of Older Americans

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Nov 2008
Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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The Labor Supply of Older Americans

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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A Primer on Iras

Boston College CRR-JTF Working Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 31 Aug 2005
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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IRA, defined benefit, defined contribution, pension, saving

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An Overview of the Pension/OPEB Landscape

CRR WP No. 2016-11
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Oct 2016
Alicia H. Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 124 (492,673)
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Wills, Wealth, and Race

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2023-16
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Oct 2023
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Gal Wettstein
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College
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Inheritance, wealth inequality, bequests, retirement security, financial wellbeing

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What Jobs Do Employers Want Older Workers to Do?

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What Jobs Do Employers Want Older Workers to Do?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2020
Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein and Abigail Walters
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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What Jobs Do Employers Want Older Workers to Do?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2020
Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein and Abigail Walters
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Does the Personal Income Tax Affect the Progressivity of OASI Benefits?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2011-21
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Norma Coe, Zhenya Karamcheva, Richard W. Kopcke and Alicia H. Munnell
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 115 (521,871)
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OASI, federal income taxes, Health and Retirement Study, HRS, social security

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Job Tenure and Pension Coverage

CRR Working Paper No. 2006-18
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
Alicia H. Munnell, Kelly Haverstick and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
Downloads 115 (521,871)
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Do Retirees Want Constant, Increasing, or Decreasing Consumption?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Feb 2022
Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 113 (528,777)

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Social Security

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Multiemployer Pension Plans: Current Status and Future Trends

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 23 Feb 2018
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline Crawford
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 112 (532,317)
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Has the Displacement of Older Workers Increased?

CRR Working Paper No. 2006-17
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
Alicia H. Munnell, Steven A. Sass, Mauricio Soto and Natalia Zhivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 106 (554,606)
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Pension Participation, Wealth, and Income: 1992-2010

CRR WP 2016-3
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Jul 2016
Alicia H. Munnell, Wenliang Hou, Anthony Webb and Yinji Li
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 104 (562,502)
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Policies to Promote Labor Force Participation of Older People

CRR Working Paper 2006-2
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 104 (562,502)
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How Much do State Economics and Other Characteristics Affect Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?

CRR Working Paper No. 2008-12
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Robert K. Triest and Natalia Zhivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 103 (566,444)
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Overview of the CRR 2009 Retirement Survey

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2010-15
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Nov 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Norma Coe, Kelly Haverstick and Steven A. Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Is the Drop in Fertility Due to the Great Recession or a Permanent Change?

CRR WP 2019-7
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Alicia H. Munnell, Anqi Chen and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
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How Would Investing in Equities Have Affected the Social Security Trust Fund?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, WP 2016-6
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Gary Burtless, Anqi Chen, Wenliang Hou, Alicia H. Munnell and Anthony Webb
Brookings Institution, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Public Pension Funding in Practice

NBER Working Paper No. w16442
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Laura Quinby
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Important are Intergenerational Transfers for Baby Boomers?

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2011-1
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2011
Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb, Zhenya Karamcheva and Andrew Eschtruth
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Why Are 401(k)/IRA Balances Substantially Below Potential?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Nov 2019
Andrew G. Biggs, Alicia H. Munnell and Anqi Chen
American Enterprise Institute, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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State and Local Government Employees Without Social Security Coverage: What Percentage Will Earn Pension Benefits that Fall Short of Social Security Equivalence?

Social Security Bulletin. 82(3): 1-20 (2022)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Aug 2022
Jean-Pierre Aubry, Siyan Liu, Alicia H. Munnell, Laura Quinby and Glenn Springstead
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Social Security Administration
Downloads 79 (668,986)
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Social Security, Public Pensions, Benefit Generosity, Retirement

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Would 401(k) Participants Use a Social Security 'Bridge' Option?

CRR WP 2021-27
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Feb 2022
Alicia H. Munnell and Gal Wettstein
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Social Security

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How to Pay for Social Security's Missing Trust Fund?

CRR WP No. 2017-18
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 31 May 2019
Alicia H. Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
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Recruiting and Retaining High-Quality State and Local Workers: Do Pensions Matter?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2015-1
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jan 2015
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
Downloads 78 (673,892)
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Are Early Claimers Making a Mistake?

CRR WP 2016-5
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jul 2016
Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Anthony Webb and Christopher Gillis
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
Downloads 76 (683,938)
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The Outlook for Pension Contributions and Profits in the U.S.

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 May 2008
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Downloads 76 (683,938)
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An Analysis of Retirement Models to Improve Portability and Coverage

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 23 Apr 2018
Alicia H. Munnell, Anek Belbase and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department
Downloads 75 (688,972)
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How Much is the Working-Age Population Saving?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Alicia H. Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass and Andrew Varani
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Do Trends in Women's Labor Force Activity and Marriage Patterns Affect Social Security Replacement Rates?

Social Security Bulletin, 73(4): 1-24, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2015
April Yanyuan Wu, Nadia S. Karamcheva, Alicia H. Munnell and Patrick J. Purcell
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration
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Income, Aging, Elderly, Pension, Social Security, Women

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Why are U.S. Households Claiming Social Security Later?

CRR WP 2017-3, April 2017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2017
Wenliang Hou, Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Yinji Li
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Prepared are State and Local Workers for Retirement?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Nov 2011
Jean-Pierre Aubry, Laura Quinby, Alicia H. Munnell and Josh Hurwitz
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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state-local, government, workers, social security, Health and Retirement Study

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The Impact of Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform on Labor Mobility

Center for retirement research at Boston College, WP 2016-16
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Apr 2017
Norma Coe, Wenliang Hou, Alicia H. Munnell, Patrick J. Purcell and Matthew S. Rutledge
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration and Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
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The Impact of Mandatory Coverage on State and Local Budgets

Boston College Retirement Research Center Working Paper No. 2014-9
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Anek Belbase
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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social security, mandatory coverage, pensions, budgets

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Earnings and Women's Retirement Security

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Alicia H. Munnell and Natalia Zhivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Do Households have a Good Sense of their Long-Term Care Risks?

TIAA Institute Research Paper Series No. 220
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Apr 2025
Anqi Chen, Alicia H. Munnell and Nilufer Gok
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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economics of the elderly, health, cognitive factors in decision making, household saving, personal finance

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Spillovers from State and Local Pensions to Social Security: Do Benefits for Uncovered Workers Meet Federal Standards?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Oct 2018
Laura Quinby, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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60.

How Do the Changing Labor Supply Behavior and Marriage Patterns of Women Affect Social Security Replacement Rates?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Jul 2013
April Yanyuan Wu, Nadia S. Karamcheva, Alicia H. Munnell and Patrick J. Purcell
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration
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61.

What Factors Explain the Decline in Widows' Poverty?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Aug 2018
Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Alice Zulkarnain
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Do Households Adjust Their Earnings, Saving, and Consumption After Children Leave?

CRR WP 2021-20
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Mar 2022
Andrew G. Biggs, Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell
American Enterprise Institute, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Financing Retirement

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The Consequences of Current Benefit Adjustments for Early and Delayed Claiming

CRR WP 2021-3, January 2021
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Mar 2021
Andrew G. Biggs, Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell
American Enterprise Institute, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Are Homeownership Patterns Stable Enough to Tap Home Equity?

CRR WP 2020-7
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Mar 2020
Alicia H. Munnell, Abigail Walters, Anek Belbase and Wenliang Hou
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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How Do Households Adjust Their Earnings, Saving, and Consumption after Children Leave Home?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jan 2023
Andrew G. Biggs, Anqi Chen and Alicia H. Munnell
American Enterprise Institute, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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Retirement Security, Children, Consumption, Savings Decisions

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What Share of Noncovered Public Employees Will Earn Benefits that Fall Short of Social Security?

CRR WP 2022-4
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 May 2022
Jean-Pierre Aubry, Siyan Liu, Alicia H. Munnell, Laura Quinby and Glenn Springstead
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, North Carolina State University, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Social Security Administration
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State & Local Pensions

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Public Plans and Short-Term Employees

NBER Working Paper No. w18448
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Joshua Hurwitz and Laura Quinby
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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68.

How Do Older Workers Use Nontraditional Jobs?

NBER Working Paper No. w26379
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Abigail Walters
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research
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69.

Property Tax Deferral: Can a Public/Private Partnership Help Provide Lifetime Income?

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2020-10, Published in Mitchell, O. (Ed.) (2022). New Models for Managing Longevity Risk: Public-Private Partnerships. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Posted: 01 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2022
Alicia H. Munnell, Wenliang Hou and Abigail Walters
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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Retiree, homeowner, home equity, tapping home equity, property tax, property tax deferral, property tax relief, reverse mortgage

70.

To What Extent Does SES Status Lead People to Retire Too Soon?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College WP 2015-19, https://doi.org/10.3905/jor.2018.5.4.073
Posted: 21 May 2019
Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb and Anqi Chen
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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71.

What Causes Workers to Retire Before They Plan?

Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2015-22, https://jor.pm-research.com/content/6/2/35
Posted: 27 Sep 2015
Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence

Published in Mitchell, O. and R. Shea (Eds.) (2016). Reimagining Pensions: The Next 40 Years. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press., Pension Research Council WP 2014-05
Posted: 12 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2020
Alicia H. Munnell, Matthew S. Rutledge and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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retirement, retirement income, retirement security, saving, consumption, replacement rate, Social Security, 401(k), reverse mortgage

73.

The Economic Implications of the Department of Labor's 2010 Proposals for Broker-Dealers

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2013-4
Posted: 21 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2013
Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb and Francis M. Vitagliano
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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74.

Is There Really a Retirement Savings Crisis? An NRRI Analysis

Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb and Francesca Golub-Sass
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR)

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75.

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

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2008
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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76.

Job Tenure and the Spread of 401(K)s

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Kelly Haverstick and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research and Boston College Economics Department

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77.

What Moves the National Retirement Risk Index? A Look Back and an Update

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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78.

Households 'at Risk': A Closer Look at the Bottom Third

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Francesca Golub-Sass, Pamela J. Perun and Anthony Webb
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR), Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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79.

Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2007 Report in Perspective

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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80.

Do People Plan to Tap their Home Equity in Retirement?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Jean-Pierre Aubry
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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81.

Should Public Plans Engage in Social Investing?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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82.

Working Wives Reduce Social Security Replacement Rates

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Mauricio Soto
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College Economics Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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83.

Why do More Older Men Work in Some States?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2008
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto and Natalia Zhivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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84.

Why are Widows so Poor?

Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Nadia S. Karamcheva and Alicia H. Munnell
Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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85.

Medicare Costs and Retirement Security

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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86.

Health Care Costs Drive Up the National Retirement Risk Index

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Anthony Webb, Francesca Golub-Sass and Dan Muldoon
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

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87.

How Much do State Economics and Other Characteristics Affect Retirement Behavior?

Posted: 07 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Robert K. Triest and Natalia Zhivan
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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88.

Unusual Social Security Claiming Strategies: Costs and Distributional Effects

Posted: 05 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Steven A. Sass, Alex Golub-Sass and Nadia S. Karamcheva
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

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89.

The Implications of Declining Retiree Health Insurance

Posted: 05 Mar 2010
Courtney S. Monk and Alicia H. Munnell
University of Oxford and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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90.

An Update on 401(K) Plans: Insights from the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finance

Posted: 04 Mar 2010
Alicia H. Munnell, Richard W. Kopcke, Francesca Golub-Sass and Dan Muldoon
Boston College - Center for Retirement Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston College - Center For Retirement Research (CRR) and Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

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