RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
J. Mark Iwry and David C. John, July 16, 2008, Senate Special Committee on Aging
Fully half of America’s working families lack any employer-sponsored retirement savings plan. Testifying before a Senate panel, J. Mark Iwry and David C. John called for a common strategy to preserve and expand retirement savings in a manner that transcends partisan differences, an approach that includes preserving employer-sponsored retirement plans and broadening participation and coverage options. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
J. Mark Iwry, June 26, 2008, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
J. Mark Iwry and David C. John propose an automatic IRA approach which offers most employees not covered by an employee-sponsored retirement plan the opportunity to save through the powerful mechanism of regular payroll deposits that continue automatically. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David C. John and Lina Walker, June 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
Despite their many benefits, the take-up rate for annuities is currently low because of behavioral biases and market failures. In this paper, William Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David John and Lina Walker propose a two-year trial to allow retirees to experience the consistency, security, and simplicity of the lifetime income stream guaranteed by annuities. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, June 05, 2008
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Hurricanes, retirement, home-buying and tax-base erosion all pose financial risks. Yet markets to reduce these risks are elusive. The Hamilton Project at Brookings released papers at a discussion on how sound public policy can play a critical role in helping to foster new markets or expand existing markets in ways that could provide widely shared benefits. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alice M. Rivlin, January 16, 2008, D.C. City Council Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs
In testimony before the D.C. City Council Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Alice M. Rivlin presents recommendations for reducing poverty in the District. She gives examples of education and training programs that could be funded in the FY2009 budget and reviews longer-term workforce development strategies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
J. Mark Iwry, November 08, 2007, House Committee on Education and Labor
Nearly half of American workers have no employer-sponsored saving plan. Mark Iwry testified before a congressional panel about a strategy to promote saving for families and the nation. "The Automatic IRA is a disarmingly simple concept," said Iwry. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless, January 2004, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Paper by Barry Bosworth and Gary Burtless, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (January 2004) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless, February 2003, 5th International Forum of the Collaboration Projects, Economic and Social Research Institute
A paper by Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless ((1/29/2003) Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, May 25, 2000
12:00 AM to
Washington, D.C.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless, January 2000, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
The Effects of Social Security Reform on Saving, Investment, and the Level and Distribution of Worker Well-Being Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
E.J. Dionne, Jr., 26-Dec-99, The Washington Post
Opinion by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, December 26, 1999 Read More