Pensions in the Health and Retirement Study / Nahid Tabatabai, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Alan L. Gustman.
Gustman, Alan L., author.; Steinmeier, Thomas L., author.; Tabatabai, Nahid, author.
2010
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Title Pensions in the Health and Retirement Study / Nahid Tabatabai, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Alan L. Gustman.
Author Gustman, Alan L., author.
ISBN 9780674056466
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674056466
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (400 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674056466 doi
Call Number HD7125
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.25/20973
Summary This book presents a careful analysis of pension data collected by the Health and Retirement Study, a unique survey of people over the age of fifty conducted by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Aging. The authors studied pensions as they evolve over individuals' work lives and into retirement: how pension coverage and plans change over a lifetime, how many pensions workers have by the time they retire and what these pensions are worth, what pensions contribute to individual retirement incomes, and how trends and policy changes affect retirement plans. The book focuses on the major features of pensions, including plan type and participation, ages of eligibility for retirement, values of different pension types, how pension values are influenced by retirement age, how plans are settled when a worker leaves a firm, how well people understand their pensions, the importance of pensions in retirement saving and as a share of household wealth, and the vulnerability of the retirement age population to the current financial crisis. This book provides readers with an invaluable look at the crucial but ever-changing role of pensions in supporting retirees.
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System Details Note Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Added Author Steinmeier, Thomas L., author.
Tabatabai, Nahid, author.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Theories Explaining Pensions
3 Employment and Retirement in the Health and Retirement Study
4 Pension Data in the Health and Retirement Study
5 Pension Plan Participation in the Health and Retirement Study
6 Pension Plan Type
7 Imperfect Knowledge of Pension Plan Type
8 Pension Retirement Ages
9 Pension Values
10 Retirement Incentives from Defined Benefit Pensions
11 Disposition of Pensions upon Leaving a Job and Pension Incomes in Retirement
12 The Changing Role of Pensions in Total Wealth
13 Conclusions
Appendix: Constructed Files
Notes
References
Index

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