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Employer 401(k) Matches for Student Debt Repayment: Killing Two Birds with One Stone? / Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horneff, Vanya.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w32443.
- NBER working paper series no. w32443
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Employer 401
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2024.
- Summary:
- Almost 50 million Americans are burdened by the need to repay almost $2 trillion in student loan debt, while at the same time having to save for retirement. This article analyzes the potential impact of the 2022 SECURE 2.0 Act reform which permits employers to match contributions for student loan repayments, in 401(k) plans. Our calibrated lifecycle model measures the impact of this reform on heterogeneous households' financial behavior and welfare. We show that, post-reform, employees will repay more loan debt but reduce own retirement plan contributions, offset by higher employer-matching contributions that take loan repayments into account.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 2024.
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