Pensions in the U.S. Economy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Determinants of IRA Contributions and the Effect of Limit Changes; 2. Annuity Prices and Saving Behavior in the United States; 3. Pension Funding and Saving; 4. Poverty among the Elderly: Where Are the Holes in the Safety Net?; 5. Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What Are the Real Trade-offs?; 6 . Pensions and Turnover; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary
Pensions in the U.S. Economy is the fourth in a series on pensions from the National Bureau of Economic Research. For both economists and policymakers, this volume makes a valuable contribution to current research on pensions and the economics of the elderly. The contributors report on retirement saving of individuals and the saving that results from corporate funding of pension plans, and they examine particular aspects of the plans themselves from the employee's point of view. Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise offer a careful analysis of who contributes to IRAs and why. Benjamin M. Friedman
