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Planning for Retirement? The Importance of Time Preferences / Robert L. Clark, Robert G. Hammond, Christelle Khalaf, Melinda Sandler Morrill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Robert L.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23501.
- NBER working paper series no. w23501
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.
- Summary:
- Ensuring retirement income security is a priority for individuals, employers, and policymakers. Using merged administrative and survey data for public sector workers in North Carolina, we explore how workers' characteristics and preferences are associated with planning and saving for retirement. We then assess the "quality" of a retirement plan and whether retirement behavior is consistent with these plans. The findings indicate that the way that individuals discount future consumption is associated with the extent of their retirement planning and preparedness. We find that individuals who engage in retirement planning are better prepared to meet their retirement goals upon leaving their career jobs.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2017.
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