What explains changes in retirement plans during the Great Recession?

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Goda, Gopi Shah ^a   Shoven, John B ^a   Slavov, Sita Nataraj ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79958291435     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.3.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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