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Center for Retirement Research
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Why Social Security Fix Needs to Happen Sooner vs. Later: Munnell
Investing trust fund in equities, raising payroll tax among potential fixes offered in Center for Retirement Research brief, which emphasizes how further delay hurts younger generations
Retirement Preparation Without Tax Preferences? Part 2
Experts say it might be much the same. I doubt that!
Retirement Preparation Without Tax Preferences? Part 1
Experts say it might be much the same. I say that’s foolish!
Financial Advisors May Influence How Participants Think About Annuities
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College analyzes how advice impacts annuity usage
Americans in High-Cost Cities Could See Smaller Social Security Benefits
A brief by the CRR at Boston College draws on arguments that Americans who live in expensive cities could face smaller Social Security benefits due to the program's formula
Do Equity Investments Make Sense in Social Security?
A new report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College questions whether equity investments can be a tangible solution for fixing Social Security insolvency
Standard of Living in Retirement Will Decline for Half of Households: Report
Latest National Retirement Risk Index findings promp report authors to warn, “we need to fix our retirement system so that employer plan coverage is universal”
OregonSaves has ‘Meaningfully Increased Employee Savings’
New research shows first state-sponsored auto-IRA program works by eliminating “search costs” associated with learning about and enrolling in an IRA
Retiring (Much) Later: Average Age Up Big Since 1991
Latest Gallup survey finds significant increases in actual and expected retirement ages—both rising notably over the past three decades
Seniors Badly Misjudge Key Retirement Risks
New CRR Brief finds Americans worry way too much about one specific retirement risk while downplaying two other more likely issues