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How Much Do Respondents in the Health and Retirement Study Know About Their Tax-deferred Contribution Plans? A Cross-cohort Comparison
by Irena Dushi and Marjorie Honig

How Pension Rules Affect Work and Contribution Patterns: A Behavioral Model of the Chilean Privatized Pension System
by Petra Todd and Viviana Vélez-Grajales

Stylized Facts and Incentive Effects Related to Claiming of Retirement Benefits Based on Social Security Administration Data
by Wojciech Kopczuk and Jae Song

The Labor Supply Effects of Disability Insurance Work Disincentives: Evidence from the Automatic Conversion to Retirement Benefits at Full Retirement Age
by Nicole Maestas and Na Yin

Does the Rise in the Full Retirement Age Encourage Disability Benefits Applications? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
by Xiaoyan Li and Nicole Maestas

Register now!  The annual meeting of the Retirement Research Consortium will be held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on August 10-11, 2009.  Registration is now open.  The preliminary agenda is available here.

On March 20, the MRRC co-hosted the conference Financial Literacy in Times of Turmoil and Retirement Insecurity. Held at the Brookings Institution, the conference focused on how workers and retirees can better manage saving for retirement, and how they can stay secure during retirement. Participants identified research and policy directions for the future. View the conference agenda, memos, and powerpoint presentations.

Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs, a new book edited by Annamaria Lusardi, is now available through the University of Chicago Press.  Robert Powell recently discussed this book in his February 25 MarketWatch article.

View the current MRRC newsletter.

The MRRC exhibits at professional conferences throughout the year.  See details on our events page.

Read about the Origins of the Retirement Research Consortium (RRC) here.


The University of Michigan Retirement Research Center is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Social Security Administration as part of its Retirement Research Consortium.



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