- August 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer? by Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto, and Alex Golub-Sass. For executive summary in PDF. For full paper in PDF
- July 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.The Housing Bubble and retirement Security:by Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto. For executive summary in PDF. For full paper in PDF
- June 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: How Much Do State Economic and Other Characteristics Affect Retirement Behavior?. by Alicia H. Munnell, Mauricio Soto, Robert K. Triest, and Natalia A. Zhivan . For executive summary in PDF, For full paper in PDF
- May 2008:Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: An Assessment of Life-Cycle Funds
- by Mauricio Soto, Robert K. Triest, Alex Golub-Sass, and Francesca Golub-Sass. For executive summary in PDF. For full paper in PDF
- March 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:Saving and Wealth Accumulation in the PSID, 1984-2005 : By Barry P. Bosworth and Sarah Anders : For executive summary in PDF : For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: The Trajectory of Wealth in Retirement : by David A. Love, Michael G. Palumbo, and Paul A. Smith. For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Older Women’s Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective : By Timothy M. Smeeding, Janet C. Gornick, Eva Sierminska, and Maurice Leach : For executive summary in PDF: Full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: How the Income Tax Treatment of Saving and Social Security Benefits May Affect Boomers’ Retirement Incomes : Barbara A. Butrica, Karen E. Smith, and Eric J. Toder : For executive summary in PDF: For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Do Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Delay Retirement? : Richard W. Johnson, Rudolph G. Penner, and Desmond Toohey : For executive summary in PDF: For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:The Implications of Career Lengths for Social Security : Melissa M. Favreault and C. Eugene Steuerle : For executive summary in PDF: For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: A Micro-Level Analysis of Recent Increases in Labor Force Participation Among Older Workers : Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea, and Joseph F. Quinn : For executive summary in PDF: For full paper in PDF
- February 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:Participant Perceptions and Decision-Making Concerning Retirement Benefits: Colleen E. Medill : For executive summary in PDF: For full paper in PDF
- January 2008: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College The Trajectory of Wealth in Retirement: David A. Love, Michael G. Palumbo, and Paul A. Smith : For full paper in PDF
- January 2008: National Bureau of Economic Research: To Roth or Not? — That Is the Question: Laurence J. Kotlikoff: Professor of Economics, Boston University
- December 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: How Many Struggle to Get By in Retirement? : By Barbara A. Butrica, Dan Murphy, and Sheila R. Zedlewski : For executive summary in PDF : For full paper in PDF
- December 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Why Are Companies Freezing Their Pensions? : By Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto
- December 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:Health Insurance and the Labor Supply Decisions of Older Workers: Evidence From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: By Melissa A. Boyle and Joanna N. Lahey
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Capital Income Flows and the Relative Well-Being of America’s Aged Population : Barry P. Bosworth, Gary Burtless, and Sarah E. Anders
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: The Cost of Owning Employer Stocks: Lessons From Taiwan: By Yi-Tsung Lee, Yu-Jane Liu, and Ning Zhu
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: The Impact of Late-Career Health and Employment Shocks on Social Security and Other Wealth: By Richard W. Johnson, Gordon B.T. Mermin, and Dan Murphy
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:The Effect of Economic Conditions on the Employment of Workers Nearing Retirement Age: By Till von Wachter
- October 2007: Michigan Retirement Research Center: University of Michigan: How do Immigrants Fare in Retirement? by Purvi Sevak –Hunter College and Lucie Schmidt-Williams College. PDF version
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:A New Approach to Raising Social Security’s Earliest Eligibility Age: By Kelly Haverstick, Margarita Sapozhnikov, Robert Triest, and Natalia Zhivan; For executive summary in PDF; For full paper in PDF
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: What Makes Retirees Happier: A Gradual or ‘Cold Turkey’ Retirement?: By Esteban Calvo, Kelly Haverstick, and Steven A. Sass. For executive summary in PDF For full paper in PDF
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Why Do Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits so Early? Ignorance, Caddishness, or Something Else?:By Steven A. Sass, Wei Sun, and Anthony Webb. For executive summary in PDF; For full paper in PDF
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:Measurement Error in Earnings Data in the Health and Retirement Study: By Jesse Bricker and Gary V. Engelhardt. For executive summary in PDF; For full paper in PDF
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: The Role of Governance in Retirement Investments: Evidence from Variable Annuities: By Richard Evans and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach. For full paper in PDF
- October 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Population Aging, Labor Demand, and the Structure of Wages: By Margarita Sapozhnikov and Robert K. Triest. For full paper in PDF
- September 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:Evaluating the Advanced Life Deferred Annuity – An Annuity People Might Actually Buy:By Guan Gong and Anthony Webb. For executive summary in PDF. For full paper in PDF
- August 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College: Work at Older Ages: Is Raising the Early Retirement Age an Option for Social Security Reform?:By John A. Turner. For full paper in PDF
- June 2007: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College:The Labor Supply of Older Americans: By Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass. For full paper in PDF.
Annual Benefit Limit
Definition The annual benefit limit for defined benefit plans is the lesser of: A) 100% of the participant’s average compensation for his or her highest