Working Papers

It’s All Relative: Understanding the Retirement Prospects of Baby-Boomers

Barbara A. Butrica Howard M. Iams Karen E. Smith

Can Unexpected Retirement Explain the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle? Evidence for Subjective Retirement Expectations

Melvin Stephens Jr. Steven J. Haider

The Outlook for Pension Contributions and Profits in the U.S.

Alicia H. Munnell Mauricio Soto

Annuities and Individual Welfare

Jeffrey R. Brown Peter A. Diamond Thomas Davidoff

Income Maintenance in Old Age: Current Status and Future Prospects for Rich Countries

Timothy M. Smeeding

Explaining Why So Many People Do Not Save

Annamaria Lusardi

The Trend in Lifetime Earnings Inequality and Its Impact on the Distribution of Retirement Income

Barry P. Bosworth Gary Burtless Claudia Sahm

Annuity Markets and Retirement Security

James M. Poterba

Income Maintenance in Old Age: What Can be Learned from Cross-National Comparisons?

Timothy M. Smeeding James M. Williamson

Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization With Mortality Heterogeneity

Jeffrey R. Brown