The choice to cash out pension rights at job change or retirement

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2213-2227

  Hurd, Michael ^a   Panis, Constantijn ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Economic and Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuity; Cash out; Lump sum; Pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749350778     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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