dc.contributor.author | Poterba, James M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-19T16:00:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-19T16:00:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8282 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96079 | |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute on Aging | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.5.1 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | American Economic Association | en_US |
dc.title | Retirement Security in an Aging Population | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Poterba, James M. “ Retirement Security in an Aging Population † .” American Economic Review 104, no. 5 (May 2014): 1–30. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Poterba, James M. | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | American Economic Review | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Poterba, James M. | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3532-0998 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |