The effect of pension design on employer costs and employee retirement choices: EVIDENCE from Oregon

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-34

  Chalmers, John ^a   Johnson, Woodrow T ^b   Reuter, Jonathan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Household finance; Life annuities; Peer effects; Retirement incentives; Stale returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902209373     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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