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Regents of the University of Michigan
Oct. 30, 2006
Excerpt: This project ... will advance our understanding of individuals' financial decisions by introducing the important aspect of risk-aversion with respect to the length of life. We will apply the new framework to Social Security claiming behavior and annuity decisions and extend the analysis to portfolio choice and life insurance holdings.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Oct. 31, 2006
Excerpt: [The authors] propose to estimate the magnitude of any direct effect of retirement on health.... Results can be helpful in understanding the possible effects of changing Social Security's retirement ages.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Nov. 1, 2006
Excerpt: [The authors] propose to construct a life-cycle including key determinants of married women's labor force participation and to estimate the new formulation's coefficients. This project would aid in understanding increased participation of married women, a dramatic trend that, due to spousal entitlements, has enhanced Social Security's solvency.
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Research Project Abstract: The Effects of Health Insurance and Self-Insurance on Retirement Behavior
Regents of the University of Michigan
Oct. 31, 2006
Excerpt: To assess the role of Medicare and employer-provided health insurance in determining retirement, [the authors] will estimate and analyze a dynamic programming model of saving and retirement that accounts for uncertain medical expenses, Social Security, and social insurance.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Nov. 1, 2006
Excerpt: Payout annuities help pool longevity risk. Prior studies focused only on fixed lifetime annuities as retirement financing tools (Dus/Maurer/Mitchell 2005); by contrast, this research analyzes both investment and longevity insurance products, recognizing that variable annuity payouts are not known for certain at retirement.
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Research Project Abstract: Work & Retirement Choices of Men: Impact of Chile's Social Security Rules
Regents of the University of Michigan
Oct. 31, 2006
Excerpt: As the labor force ages it becomes increasingly important to analyze whether people will work longer if they live longer, and how to encourage this behavior. This will increase the productive capacity of the economy and improve the finances of social security systems.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Nov. 3, 2006
Excerpt: [The authors] propose to forecast the retirement patterns and resources of the Early Baby-Boomers by estimating forward-looking dynamic models of labor force participation, wealth accumulation and pension and Social Security benefit claiming for older workers using seven waves of HRS-data.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Nov. 1, 2006
Excerpt: This research would shed light on two key labor-supply questions, namely, the effect on retirement of recent declines in DB pension plans and the cross-sectional effect on retirement of differences in late-in-career earning trajectories.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Oct. 27, 2006
Excerpt: This project aims to design, field, and analyze the results of a survey instrument that will increase our understanding of Social Security claiming behavior and will provide information about how the perceived rewards from delayed claiming might be altered.
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Regents of the University of Michigan
Nov. 2, 2006
Excerpt: Using variation arising from differences in retirement, employment and health policies across countries, over time, and for groups of workers, we examine the effects of pensions and health insurance on transitions between self-employment, wage and salary work and retirement.
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