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Retirement Security in an Aging Population

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Poterba, James M.·2014·American Economic Review

Abstract

Elderly individuals exhibit wide disparities in their sources of income. For those in the bottom half of the income distribution, Social Security is the most important source of support; program changes would directly affect their well-being. Income from private pensions, assets, and earnings are relatively more important for higher-income elderly individuals, who have more diverse income sources. The trend from private sector defined benefit to defined contribution pension plans has shifted responsibility for retirement security to individuals. A significant subset of the population is unlikely to be able to sustain their standard of living in retirement without higher pre-retirement saving.

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Authors
Poterba, J. M.
Venue
American Economic Review
Published
2014-05-01
Volume
104
Issue
5
Pages
1-30
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1982042814
Cited by
249
References
2
FWCI
93.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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