Andrew G. Biggs

American Enterprise Institute

Resident Scholar

1150 17th Street N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

United States

http://www.aei.org

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Scholarly Papers (61)

1.

Funding Direct Payments to Americans Through Social Security Deferral

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 3580533
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Apr 2020
Andrew G. Biggs and Joshua D. Rauh
American Enterprise Institute and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 642 (88,649)
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stimulus checks, economic stimulus payments, Social Security, COVID-19 policy

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How Much Time Do Teachers Spend Working? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey.

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Aug 2016
Jason Richwine and Andrew G. Biggs
Center for Immigration Studies and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 401 (157,284)
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teacher compensation, time use, work year

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Comparing Federal and Private Sector Compensation

American Enterprise Institute Working Paper No. 2011-02
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine
American Enterprise Institute and Center for Immigration Studies
Downloads 295 (219,717)
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Public Employees, Compensation

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The Life Cycle Model, Replacement Rates, and Retirement Income Adequacy

AEI Economics Working Paper 2016-11
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2016
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 285 (227,791)
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Social Security, Replacement Rates, Retirement Saving, Retirement Income, Life Cycle Model

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How Do Children Affect the Need to Save for Retirement?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Feb 2020
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 227 (286,121)
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retirement saving, children

Alternative Methods of Price Indexing Social Security: Implications for Benefits and System Financing

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 May 2005
Andrew G. Biggs, Jeffrey R. Brown and Glenn Springstead
American Enterprise Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Social Security Administration
Downloads 141 (437,587)

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Social Security reform, public pensions, solvency

Alternative Methods of Price Indexing Social Security: Implications for Benefits and System Financing

NBER Working Paper No. w11406
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Andrew G. Biggs, Jeffrey R. Brown and Glenn Springstead
American Enterprise Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Social Security Administration
Downloads 73 (697,098)
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Public Sector Pensions and the Covid-19 Shock

Mercatus Special Edition Policy Brief
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 May 2020
Andrew G. Biggs and Eileen Norcross
American Enterprise Institute and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 211 (306,859)
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government pensions, retirement accounts, healthcare, coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, public health, economics, quarantine, economy, economic crisis

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Alternate Measures of Replacement Rates for Social Security Benefits and Retirement Income

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Nov 2008
Glenn Springstead and Andrew G. Biggs
Social Security Administration and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 202 (319,680)
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replacement rate, Social Security, retirement income

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What's Happening with Retirement Saving and Retirement Incomes? Better Data Tell a Better Story

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 184 (348,375)
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retirement saving, Social Security, pensions, retirement income

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How the Coronavirus Could Permanently Cut Near-Retirees’ Social Security Benefits

Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2020-6
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Apr 2020
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 175 (364,253)
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retirement, Social Security, Coronavirus, payroll contraction

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The Impact of Act 10 on Public Sector Compensation in Wisconsin

AEI Economic Policy Working Paper 2012-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine
American Enterprise Institute and Center for Immigration Studies
Downloads 171 (371,731)

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The Crisis in Public Sector Pension Plans: A Blueprint for Reform in New Jersey

George Mason University Mercatus Center Working Paper No. 10-31
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs and Eileen Norcross
American Enterprise Institute and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 90 (614,525)

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Public Pensions, State Employees

The Crisis in Public Sector Pension Plans: A Blueprint for Reform in New Jersey

Mercatus Working Paper, No. 10-31
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Sep 2018
Eileen Norcross and Andrew G. Biggs
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 81 (656,168)
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New Jersey, pensions, debt, retirement, public sector workers, benefits, budget

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Will You Have Enough to Retire on?: The Retirement Security 'Crisis'

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Feb 2009
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 169 (375,604)
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Social Security, retirement income, pensions

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Changes to Household Retirement Savings Since 1989

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 168 (377,500)

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retirement, pensions, Social Security

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The Case for Raising Social Security’s Early Retirement Age

Retirement Policy Outlook, No. 3, p. 1, October 2010
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 167 (379,460)

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Social Security, Early Retirement, Budget

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Social Security and Marginal Returns to Work Near Retirement

Social Security Issue Paper No. 2009-02
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Jul 2009
Gayle Reznik, David A. Weaver and Andrew G. Biggs
U.S. Social Security Administration, Social Security Administration and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 158 (397,957)
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Social Security, return to work, MINT

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How Much Should the Poor Save for Retirement? Data and Simulations on Retirement Income Adequacy Among Low-Earning Households

(2019) Wharton Pension Research Council Working Papers. 537, Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. 2019-15
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 153 (408,934)
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retirement, Social Security, poverty

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An Options Pricing Method for Calculating the Market Price of Public Sector Pension Liabilities

AEI (American Enterprise Institute) Working Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2010
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 144 (429,497)
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A Progressivity Index for Social Security

Issue Paper No. 2009-01, January 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Feb 2009
Andrew G. Biggs, Mark Sarney and Christopher R. Tamborini
American Enterprise Institute, Social Security Administration and U.S. Social Security Administration
Downloads 143 (431,995)

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modeling, MINT, retirees, retirement income, progressivity index, OASDI

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Is There a Retirement Crisis? Examining Retirement Planning in the Household and Government Sectors

Mercatus Research Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Oct 2017
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 115 (512,542)
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retirement, public pensions, Social Security, entitlements, state and local government finance, federal government finance

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The Market Value of Public-Sector Pension Deficits

Retirement Policy Outlook, No. 1, p. 1, April 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 115 (512,542)

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Public Pensions, State Employees, Retirement Policy

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Social Insecurity? Personal Accounts and the Stock Market Collapse

American Enterprise Institute for Public Retirement Policy Research No. 1
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Dec 2008
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 108 (537,203)

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Social Security, private accounts, Lifetime portfolio selection, portfolio choice, pensions, old age insurance, social insurance, stock market, returns, historical simulation, life cycle portfolio

23.

Improving the Social Security Statement

Financial Literacy Center Working Paper No. WR-794-SSA
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 106 (544,676)
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Social Security

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Analyzing teacher salaries using the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes dataset

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Feb 2021
Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine
American Enterprise Institute and Center for Immigration Studies
Downloads 101 (564,188)

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Tax and Spending Reform for Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth

AEI Economic Perspectives, May 2015
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Jan 2016
Joseph Antos, Andrew G. Biggs, Alex Brill and Alan D. Viard
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), American Enterprise Institute, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 101 (564,188)

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tax, budget, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, progressive consumption tax

Don't Raise Social Security Taxes: But If It's Necessary, Here's How

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, No. 1, January 2013
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 06 Jun 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 55 (810,887)

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Social Security, taxes, entitlements, retirement

Don't Raise Social Security Taxes: But If It's Necessary, Here's How

AEI Retirement Policy Outlook, 2013, No. 1
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 44 (901,275)

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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
Downloads 84 (633,895)
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Public Sector Pensions: How Well Funded Are They, Really?

State Budget Solutions, July 2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 84 (633,895)

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Fiscal Solutions: A Balanced Plan for Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Joseph Antos, Andrew G. Biggs, Alex Brill and Alan D. Viard
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), American Enterprise Institute, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 83 (638,380)

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Fiscal Policy, Budget Deficit, Public Debt

30.

An Analysis of Connecticut's Public Employee Retirement Plans

Mercatus Research Series
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Aug 2020
Andrew G. Biggs and Tracy Miller
American Enterprise Institute and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Downloads 79 (656,917)

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state and local budget and expenditures, retirement, state and local government, health, education, welfare, public pensions

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The Treatment of Married Women by the Social Security Retirement Program

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Nov 2010
Andrew G. Biggs, Gayle Reznik and Nada Eissa
American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Social Security Administration and Georgetown University
Downloads 79 (656,917)

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social security, benefits, women, MINT

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Social Security, retirement income, Supplemental Security Income, immigration

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The Social Security Earnings Test: The Tax That Wasn't

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jul 2008
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 79 (656,917)
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old-age retirement benefits, retirement earnings test, Social Security

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Critical Issues in Assessing Teacher Compensation

Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2638
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Jason Richwine and Andrew G. Biggs
Center for Immigration Studies and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 78 (661,646)

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Will Your Social Insurance Pay Off? Making Social Security Progressivity Work for Low-Income Retirees

American Enterprise Institute for Publicv Policy Research, No. 1, January 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 May 2009
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 74 (681,250)

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Social Security, social insurance, progressivity

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Replacement Rates and the Retirement Crisis

AEI Economics Working Paper 2023-12 August 2023
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Sep 2023
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 72 (691,704)

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The State of Public Pension Funding: Are Government Employee Plans Back on Track?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 72 (691,704)
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Public Sector Pensions, State and Local Government Finance, Retirement Plans

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Financial Advisors' Role in Influencing Social Security Claiming

RAND Working Paper Series WR-894-SSA
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Mathew Greenwald, Andrew G. Biggs and Lisa Schneider
affiliation not provided to SSRN, American Enterprise Institute and Medical University of Vienna - Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Downloads 70 (702,359)

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What Every American Needs to Know About Government Entitlement Reform

Retirement Policy Outlook, No. 2, p. 1, September 2010
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 68 (713,401)

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Entitlement, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Budget

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Understanding the True Cost of State and Local Pensions

State Tax Notes, Vol. 63, No. 7, 2012
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 64 (736,455)

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Public Sector Pensions in Nebraska: Are Cash Balance Plans the Answer?

Platte Institute Policy Study, October 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 61 (754,817)

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A Diet COLA for Social Security? Not Really

AEI Retirement Policy Outlook, No. 5, 2009
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 29 Oct 2009
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 55 (794,547)

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Social Security, inflation, COLA, cost of living adjustment

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Public Employee Pensions in Missouri: A Looming Crisis

Show-Me Institute Policy Study, No. 36, March 2013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 52 (816,090)

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Social Security and Marginal Returns to Work Near Retirement

Issue Paper No. 2009-02, Social Security Administration
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Feb 2021
Gayle Leah Reznik, David Weaver and Andrew G. Biggs
Government of the United States of America - The Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, University of South Carolina and American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 49 (838,926)

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Social Security, work, retirement, microsimulation

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Reforming Nevada's Public Employees Pension Plan

Nevada Policy Research Institute Analysis, November 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 49 (838,926)

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Entitlements: Not Just a Health Care Problem

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2008
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 48 (846,871)

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entitlements, Social Security, Medicare, fiscal gap

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Answer Quickly: How Much Do You Think You'll Get from Social Security?

AEI Retirement Policy Outlook, No. 4, June 2009
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 46 (863,239)

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social security, social security reform, retirement income

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Policies to Improve the Resiliency of Long-Term Social Security Financing

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Jul 2008
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
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old-age retirement benefits, uncertainty, demographics

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Exploring Alternate Ways to Present Estimated Future Retirement Benefits in the Social Security Statement

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 44 (880,322)

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Social Security, Pensions

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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
Downloads 42 (897,884)

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Financing Retirement

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A New Social Security ‘Notch’? Bad News for People Born in 1947

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 10-9
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 41 (906,997)

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Social Security, COLA

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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
Downloads 39 (925,391)
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Are There Transition Costs to Closing a Public-Employee Retirement Plan?

Mercatus Center Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 36 (954,600)
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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
Downloads 33 (985,315)

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Retirement Security, Children, Consumption, Savings Decisions

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Investment-Based Transition Costs Associated with Closing a Public Defined Benefit Pension Plan

MERCATUS WORKING PAPER
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2018
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
Downloads 32 (995,867)
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Measuring and Communicating Social Security Earnings Replacement Rates

Posted: 06 Nov 2019
American Enterprise Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN and IndependentWillis Towers Watson

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Replacement rates, Social Security

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How Hard Should We Push the Poor to Save for Retirement?

AEI Economics Working Paper 2017-13, July 2017, https://jor.pm-research.com/content/early/2019/04/19/jor.2019.1.045
Posted: 18 Jul 2017
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute

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retirement, Social Security, IRA, automatic enrollment

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Perspectives: Proposed GASB Rules Show Why Only Market Valuation Fully Captures Public Pension Liabilities

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2011
Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute

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Financial Statement Analysis: Analysis of Pensions, Stock Compensation, and Other Employee Benefits: Analysis of Pension Costs and Liability, Other Post-Employment Benefits, Pension Plans

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Explaining Self-Reported Financial Security Among Seniors

Number of pages: 29
Andrew G. Biggs
American Enterprise Institute
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Does Team Work Make the Dream Work? (And Other Claims of Student-Oriented Mathematics Instruction) 

Number of pages: 24
Andrew G. Biggs and John Mantus
American Enterprise Institute and Carnegie Mellon University
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A Simple Plan to Address Social Security Insolvency

Number of pages: 20
Andrew G. Biggs and Kristin Shapiro
American Enterprise Institute and BakerHostetler
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