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From:Business Economics (Vol. 41, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSince 1980, there has been a rapid shift from employer-based, defined benefit pensions to employee-controlled personal retirement accounts. This paper documents the shift and explores the conventional wisdom that this...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 70, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedWith the stock market posting impressive returns in the 1990s, many individuals find their retirement plans flush with high-flying investments and contemplate early retirement. However, there is one formidable obstacle:...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 51, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedIndividuals retirement accounts, 401 (k)s, 403 (b)s and other tax-deffered retirement accounts may be advantageous for people who want to maximize their retirement income. The benefits of tax-deferred retirement plans...
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From:Strategic Finance (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedTake this step only as a last resort so you can protect your retirement investments. If you find yourself in a situation where you're contemplating dipping into your 401(k) account or borrowing from a bank or other...
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From:Strategic Finance (Vol. 81, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed
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From:Government Computer News (Vol. 20, Issue 21)Alleging "reckless and willful misconduct," the agency that handles $100 billion in assets for federal retirement accounts has fired its record-keeping system contractor. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment...
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From:Employee Relations Law Journal (Vol. 34, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedRecent developments in the United State Supreme Court's review of the case of Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan (1) highlight the need for care when administering beneficiary designation...
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From:Journal of Aging Studies (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis article attempts to locate people's individual decisions to take early retirement in the particular social and economic context in which these decisions are being made. Results are presented from a phenomenological...
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From:Public Relations Review (Vol. 24, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe retirement benefit community is currently undergoing a paradigm shift as many organizations cast aside traditional defined benefit plans in favor of defined contribution plans. In other words, instead of employers...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 89, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedMaking Social Security decisions is relatively simple for seniors filing single tax returns. Assuming modest or no earned income, retirement benefits can begin as early as age 62. For each year of waiting to start,...
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From:Strategic Finance (Vol. 97, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPresident Obama is likely to find bipartisan support in Congress for his proposal to allow small businesses to form multiple employer plans (MEPs). The MEPs would enable small companies to join together to offer...
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From:Journal of Property Management (Vol. 59, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe seniors housing market is finally picking up in the 1990s. In the 1980s, developers and managers of such housing projects found out the hard way that, although there were almost 26 million Americans over 65 years...
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From:Journal of Environmental Health (Vol. 69, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThere are dangers in talking about an issue too often. People tune out. I've noticed that happening with the pandemic-flu issue, for example. The audiences I speak to on this topic are becoming smaller. From what I am...
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From:Financial Management (Vol. 36, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSponsors of defined contribution retirement plans typically limit the investment choices' of plan participants to a small number of investment managers and a limited number of investment vehicles. Such restrictions may...
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From:Review of Business (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe need for careful planning for early retirement programs is established from a study of the advanatages and disadvantages of existing programs. The program should take into account the financial and psychological...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 27, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedUsing data from the first wave of the Health and Retirement Study, the authors investigated the association between health and retirement saving. The two most important findings were that (1) health has a large,...
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From:National Tax Journal (Vol. 58, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedUnder current law, workers can partially opt out of Social Security and reduce Medicare tax liability by accepting compensation informs exempt from payroll taxes. Changing forms of compensation has an ambiguous effect...
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From:Contemporary Economic Policy (Vol. 36, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedUsing a regression discontinuity framework, this paper documents a previously unnoticed drop of 7%-8% in the U.S. suicide rate upon reaching age 62 during 1990-2014. This decline is concentrated among men, nearly...
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From:Journal of Risk and Insurance (Vol. 65, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedA study was conducted to investigate, determine and characterize patterns in retirement asset accumulation through an analyses of previously published research and a national sample of households on the brink of...
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From:Strategic Finance (Vol. 82, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedThere are benefits and drawbacks, so make sure you check out all your options and can afford to take the plunge. You love your job (well, maybe). You enjoy your colleagues. But you're working hard, and you don't know...