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Q & A with Eric French, February 2014

  • June 14, 2018
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Technological Progress and the Earnings of Older Workers

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Retirement in Japan and the United States: Cross-national Comparisons using the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) and the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

Cross-national comparisons of data from developed countries offer useful insights into the retirement process and policy. Here we summarize findings for older persons age 50-70 using new microdata files collected by the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) project,…

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Retirement in Japan and the United States: Cross-national Comparisons using the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) and the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

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Exchanging Delayed Social Security Benefits for Lump Sums: Could This Incentivize Longer Work Careers?

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Personality Traits and Economic Preparation for Retirement

This paper assesses the effects of personality traits on economic preparation for retirement, wealth accumulation, and consumption, among persons 66 to 69 years of age. Among the five chief personality traits of neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness, we focus…

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Exchanging Delayed Social Security Benefits for Lump Sums: Could This Incentivize Longer Work Careers?

Social Security benefits are currently provided as a lifelong benefit stream, though some workers would be willing to trade a portion of their annuity streams in exchange for a lump sum amount. This paper explores whether allowing people to receive…

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At the Corner of Main and Wall Street: Family Pension Responses to Liquidity Change and Perceived Returns

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Personality Traits and Economic Preparation for Retirement

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Diminishing Margins: Housing Market Declines and Family Financial Responses

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