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Target-Date Funds in 401(k) Retirement Plans / Olivia S. Mitchell, Stephen Utkus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Olivia S.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17911.
- NBER working paper series no. w17911
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Target-Date Funds in 401
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2012.
- Summary:
- Individual responsibility for portfolio construction is a central theme for defined contribution pensions, yet the rise of target-date funds is shifting investment decisions from workers back to employers. A complex choice architecture including automatic enrollment, reenrollment, and fund mapping, is increasing the number of participants defaulting into employer-selected target-date funds. At the same time, portfolios of non-defaulted participants undergo sizeable changes, with equity share ratios widening by over 40 percent points between younger/older participants. Among active decision-makers, these funds act as a form of implicit employer-provided lifecycle investment advice. More broadly, our findings highlight malleable preferences among retirement investors and a demand for default-based guidance or simplified advice for households facing complex choices.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- March 2012.
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