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Living with Defined Contribution Pensions

Olivia S. Mitchell and Sylvester J. Schieber, Editors
US employers are increasingly turning to defined contribution pensions. This book explores the strengths and weaknesses of this rapidly growing plan type. Actuaries, economists, and lawyers analyze 401(k) plan investment patterns and pension incentives. Designed for benefits specialists and nonexperts, this book is a must for everyone seeking to understand pension opportunities.

1998 · University of Pennsylvania Press · ISBN 0-8122-3439-1

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Download Table of Contents, Preface [649KB PDF]
Chapter 1: Defined Contribution Pensions: New Opportunities, New Risks
[2.8MB PDF]
Olivia S. Mitchell and Sylvester J. Schieber
Chapter 2: Pension Coverage Initiatives: Why Don't Workers Participate? [2.7MB PDF · login required]
Richard P. Hinz and John A. Turner
Chapter 3: Financial Illiteracy, Education, and Retirement Saving [3.5MB PDF · login required]
B. Douglas Bernheim
Chapter 4: Factors Affecting Participation Rates and Contribution Levels in 401 (k) Plans [3MB PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark and Sylvester J. Schieber
Chapter 5: Employee Decisions with Respect to 401 (k) Plans [2.2MB PDF · login required]
Andrea L. Kusko, James M. Poterba, and David W. Wilcox
Chapter 6: Implications of the Shift to Defined Contribution Plans for Retirement Wealth Accumulation [3MB PDF · login required]
William G. Gale and Joseph M. Milano
Chapter 7: Responses of Mutual Fund Investors to Adverse Market Disruptions [2.9MB PDF · login required]
John D. Rea and Richard G. Marcis
Chapter 8: Trends in Retirement Income Plan Administrative Expenses [2.3MB PDF · login required]
Edwin C. Hustead
Chapter 9: Emerging Problems of Fiduciary Liability [2MB PDF · login required]
Brian T. Ortelere
Chapter 10: The Changing Paradigm of 401 (k) Plan Servicing [2.1MB PDF · login required]
Ronald D. Hurt
Chapter 11: The Importance of Variable Annuities in a Defined Contribution Pension System [4MB PDF · login required]
P. Brett Hammond
Chapter 12: Disparate Savings Propensities and National Retirement Policy [2.9MB PDF · login required]
Richard A. Ippolito
Chapter 13: The Future of the Defined Contribution Revolution [2.8MB PDF · login required]
Sylvester J. Schieber, Richard Dunn, and David L. Wray
Contributors, Index [1.8MB PDF · login required]

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