2015 Fellows Symposium – Retirement Benefits for a 21st Century Workforce
The TIAA Institute hosted a Fellows Symposium on Retirement Benefits for a 21st Century Workforce. This unique event brought together academic researchers, TIAA business leaders and other financial security experts to discuss innovative research on retirement plan design and lifetime income. Studies presented include:
- Retirement Account Asset Allocations and Portfolio Holdings: A Cross Sectional Analysis with Traditional and Lifecycle Funds
Robert McDonald, Thomas Rietz, David Richardson and Tai Kam - Retiree Health Insurance and the Retirement Plans of College and University Faculty
Robert Clark - Determinants and Consequences of the Aging of the US Scientific Workforce
David Blau, John Ham and Bruce Weinberg - The Performance of TIAA’s Traditional Retirement Annuity for Selected Investment Cohorts, 1970 – 2005 Through 2013
David Babbel, Mark Myer and Miguel Herce - Trends in Distribution Choices of TIAA-CREF Participants: 2002-2014
Jeffrey Brown, James Poterba and David Richardson - Understanding the Distribution Choices of TIAA-CREF Participants
Paul Yakoboski
Related Publications
Millennial Financial Literacy and Fin-tech Use
Millennials comprise 35% of the U.S. labor force and by 2019 are expected to surpass Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest generation. So their financial capability matters greatly to the U.S. economy.
Potential vs. Realized Savings Under Automatic Enrollment
Automatic enrollment helps boost retirement plan contributions, but its ultimate impact on plan balances is unclear.
We Are All Behavioral, More or Less
Understanding the prevalence, diversity and predictive power of behavioral factors—deviations from classical assumptions about consumer choice—is critical for theory, research and policy.