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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"retirement plans"”.
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Social Security reforms, retirement plans, and saving under labor income uncertainty
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1998.
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A study on employee choice of retirement schemes : empirical evidence from Malaysian public universities
Retirement systems are generally classified into two categories, namely, defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans. These plans differ in the method used to determine the benefits, or in the distribution of risk. While reducing the provision of the DB plan and replacing the DB plan …
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Retirement in Iran: From the Establishment of the Pension System to the Emergence of a New Life Course
… allows has changed to working until the age of retirement. Taking this transition into consideration, this study investigates retirement as an ‘institution’ in terms of all rules and regulations related to the shift from the work to non-work phase during the later stages of life. By applying a …
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Behavioral Aspects of Retirement Savings: How do 401(K) Plans Affect Household Asset Accumulation?
The nature of employee retirement plans has changed dramatically over the past fifteen years as employers have been replacing traditional defined benefit retirement plans with defined contribution plans like the 401(k) plan. This dissertation is focused on the impact that 401(k) plan have on …
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The effect of accrued pension benefit preservation on worker mobility in multiemployer plans
… use of reciprocity agreements in multiemployer plans was investigated. The assumption that pension benefit forfeiture retards worker mobility was considered. The assumption that worker mobility is enhanced by benefit preservation is one of the justifications for tax incentives provided …
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Three essays on the disposition of employer-sponsored retirement plan balances
… withdraw money from their employer-sponsored retirement accounts upon leaving a job. I employ three national surveys--the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)--to evaluate …
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The Impact Of Economic Policies On Household Financial And Labor Supply Behavior
… Social Security or withdrawing from their retirement accounts earlier than planned. Claiming Social Security at the earliest possible time could lead to a lower level of Social Security benefits for the rest of their life. Either withdrawing retirement savings too early or claiming a lower …
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Kinship Support Group: Addressing Grandparent Caregiver Challenges
… their social life, making adjustments to their retirement plans and learning to cope through support from the kinship support group. The Loss and Grief Theory and Erikson’s Developmental Stages, generativity vs. stagnation provided an analysis and a better interpretation from the data collected …
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Retirement planning practices and strategies for agricultural producers
This study examines the current retirement strategies of agricultural producers, determines farmers’ levels of investment and financial planning knowledge, and makes recommendations for the construction of a computer-based expert system to assist producers in developing retirement plans and …
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Factors influencing employees’ retention in public and private sector work organizations in Tanzania’
… of the remunerations, should structure good retirement plans and creates opportunities for further development to employees.
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Essays on the financial behavior of corporations and households
… essay examines how participant choice in pension plans affects household portfolios. Some retirement plans allow the participant to choose how funds are invested. Being exposed to historical differences in asset returns may provide the participant with financial education which would otherwise not …
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Pathways to Net Zero: Financing Strategies For Low-Income Homeowners
… program inspired by the successful 401(k) retirement plans and level 529 saving programs, which offers an either 2x or 3x match to the annual investment the homeowner commits to saving each year to ensure low-income homeowners are accounted for in the journey to building sector …
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Non-financial Factors Related to the Retirement Process of Selected Faculty Groups
… examine the non-financial factors related to the retirement process for selected faculty groups. Key components of the design included selecting faculty groups for analysis and identifying the non-financial factors related to the retirement process. Two faculty groups were selected: (a) faculty …
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Essays on Strategic Behavior and Economic Decision-Making: Evidence from Retirement Saving, Insurance, and Intergenerational Contexts
… increase employees’ intended engagement with retirement savings. The effects are particularly strong among individuals with no prior enrollment in private retirement plans. The findings suggest that the observed behavioral responses are consistent with a behavioral activation mechanism, …
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Three Essays on Behavioral Economics
… can induce meaningful improvements in retirement savings behavior. To address this question, this chapter employs a randomized field experiment conducted in Korea and finds that even a brief, scalable educational intervention significantly increases the intention of employees to engage …
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Essays in Financial Economics
… we pose the question: how do workers value retirement benefits relative to wages and what impact do these benefits have on firm hiring? We find that dollars paid in employer contributions to 401(k) plans have nearly double the effect on a firm's recruiting success than dollars paid in wages. …
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Women's Retirement Income Satisfaction and Saving Behaviors
Retirement saving research frequently has investigated the differences between working men and working women and primarily focused on the near retirement and retirement years. There is limited research targeting young to old working-age women including those who do not work for pay and are …
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Life cycle investment behavior, demographics and asset prices
… through transactions accounts, mutual funds, retirement plans, etc., making them net negative investors in financial assets on average. In contrast, households with heads between ages 40 and 60, tend to provide substantial amounts of credit to financial markets. Much of this saving is, at …