401(k) participant behavior in a volatile economy

The booms and busts of the late 1990s and 2000s have taken 401(k) plan participants on a rollercoaster ride. Using data from administrative tax records and household surveys, this paper examines how participants responded to these periods of economic expansions and contractions by documenting change...

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Volume:	15
Main Author:	BUTRICA, BARBARA A SMITH, KAREN E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2016 CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
published in:	Journal of pension economics & finance Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
ORCID:	0000-0002-4275-1449
Data of publication:	20160100
ISSN:	1474-7472 1475-3022
EISSN:	1475-3022
Alternate Title:	Barbara A. Butrica and Karen E. Smith 401(k) participant behavior in a volatile economy
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Articles Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Business, Finance retirement saving 401(k)s pensions retirement accounts J11 economic wellbeing J14 Great Recession J26 PLANS MARKET CRASH
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS