Job tenure and pension coverage

Job tenure and pension coverage

Job tenure and pension coverage

Munnell

Alicia Haydock

Munnell, Alicia Haydock

Dept. of Finance, Carroll School of Management

Author

Author

Haverstick

Kelly

Haverstick, Kelly

Author

Author

Sanzenbacher

Geoffrey

Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey

Author

Author

text

working paper

Chestnut Hill, Mass. Center for Retirement Research at Boston College20062006monographic

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

2006

2006

monographic

Englisheng

English

eng

electronicapplication/pdfborn digital

electronic

application/pdf

born digital

Commentators constantly cite an increase in labor mobility as a major reason for the shift in the private sector from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. But while most casual observers accept such a phenomenon, economists have been hard pressed to find any significant change over time. Only in recent years have the data indicated that mobility might have increased for some groups. This pattern suggests that the advent of 401(k) plans led to an increase in mobility rather than an increase in mobility leading to the proliferation of 401(k)s. This paper attempts to sort out this "chicken and egg" issue using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the 1984 through 2001 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

Alicia H. Munnell, Kelly Haverstick, and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher.

CRR WP2006-18

CRR WP2006-18

CRR WP

2006-18

http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2006-18.pdf

MChBEnglisheng

MChB

Englisheng

English

eng