Annuities in DC Plans
The TIAA Institute examines such issues as retirement patterns and annuitization decisions, and ways of presenting information that may influence the annuitization decision.
Retirement Plan Design
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How plan design affects savings and retirement decisions
Retirement plan design influences savings and retirement decisions. The TIAA Institute explores such issues as trends in plan design, the effect simplifying investment choices has on decision-making, plan fee fairness, and others.
Events
2016 Fellows Symposium – Achieving Better Retirement Outcomes: Solutions for a Modern Workplace
On October 21, 2016, the TIAA Institute and the Wharton School’s Pension Research Council co-hosted a Fellows Symposium focused on retirement security.
Insights
Also produced by the TIAA Institute, Insights features reports addressing prominent issues in financial security, higher education, and philanthropy. While typically written for a primarily non-technical audience, Insights are prepared using the same level of academic rigor found in our other research publications, and can serve as valuable sources of information for a diverse group of readers.
January 2019
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Given the choice between a smaller immediate payout or a larger future payout, people generally prefer rewards sooner rather than later, a tendency called temporal discounting. |
October 2018
A retirement plan’s default investment portfolio is optimal for some employees. But for others, the default has some drawbacks.
June 2017
Many defined contribution plans pay benefits as a lump sum, putting retirees’ lifetime income security at risk. Longevity income annuities address this concern.
Research Reports
Original research produced by the TIAA Institute—both independently and in collaboration with noted scholars—examines topics of interest to the academic, nonprofit and public sectors. The reports combine statistical findings with thoughtful, data-driven observations and conclusions to provide in-depth analyses that are informative and appropriate for both technical and more academic audiences.
June 2019
Most retirement plans let participants allocate their contributions among a menu of investment options – and this decision can have a substantial effect on a retirement portfolio’s ultimate value.
October 2018
A retirement plan’s default investment portfolio is optimal for some employees. But for others, the default has some drawbacks.
December 2017
Many retirement plan participants lack the financial knowledge needed to manage their portfolios on their own, underscoring the importance of advice.