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Forecasting Retirement Needs and Retirement Wealth

Olivia S. Mitchell, P. Brett Hammond, and Anna M. Rappaport, Editors
As life expectancy rises, new opportunities and risks confront older workers and their employers. A new survey provides insight on how paths to retirement are changing, what resources people need during retirement, and ways to increase old-age security.

2000 · University of Pennsylvania Press · ISBN 0-8122-3529-0

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Download Table of Contents, Preface, Introduction [1.6MB PDF]
Chapter 1: New Paths to Retirement
[2.5MB PDF]
Joseph F. Quinn
Chapter 2: How Prepared Are Americans for Retirement? [4.1MB PDF · login required]
Mark J. Warshawsky and John Ameriks
Chapter 3: Projected Retirement Wealth and Saving Adequacy [3MB PDF · login required]
James F. Moore and Olivia S. Mitchell
Chapter 4: Making the Most of 401 (k) Plans: Whos Choosing What and Why? [3.8MB PDF · login required]
Robert L. Clark, Gordon P. Goodfellow, Sylvester J. Schieber, and Drew Warwick
Chapter 5: Explaining Retirement Saving Shortfalls [2.9MB PDF · login required]
Olivia S. Mitchell, James F. Moore, and John W. Phillips
Chapter 6: Women on the Verge of Retirement: Predictors of Retiree Wellbeing [3.9MB PDF · login required]
Phillip B. Levine, Olivia S. Mitchell and James F. Moore
Chapter 7: Prospects for Widow Poverty [3MB PDF · login required]
David R. Weir and Robert J. Willis
Chapter 8: Minorities Face Retirement: Worklife Disparities Repeated? [2.3MB PDF · login required]
Marjorie Honig
Chapter 9: Early Retirement Windows [2.6MB PDF · login required]
Charles Brown
Chapter 10: Retirement Expectations and Realizations: The Role of Health Shocks and Economic Factors [1.9MB PDF · login required]
Debra Sabatini Dwyer and Jianting Hu
Chapter 11: Planning for Health Care Needs in Retirement [2.4MB PDF · login required]
Anna M. Rappaport
Chapter 12: Evaluating Pension Entitlements [2.5MB PDF · login required]
Alan L. Gustman, Olivia S. Mitchell, Andrew A. Samwick, and Thomas L. Steinmeier
Chapter 13: Social Security Earnings and Projected Benefits [4MB PDF · login required]
Olivia S. Mitchell, Jan Olson, and Thomas L. Steinmeier
Contributors, Index [1.5MB PDF · login required]

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