Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19031 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1567
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The adequacy of retirement savings is central to the U.S. debate over the effects of Social Security reform and pension changes that would place greater responsibility on individuals for accumulation of retirement resources. We contribute to this discussion by examining the extent to which individuals maintain initial levels of resources over the first decade of retirement. We compare annuitized wealth, including Social Security and pension wealth, to two consumption standards? a household's preretirement earnings and the poverty threshold. We analyze the relationship of individual characteristics to changes in this ratio over time, including the effects of widowhood and post-retirement work.
JEL: 
J26
J14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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