Funded Retirement Research Papers
- Financial Asset Holdings of Households in 2019 and 2022
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Karthik Padmanabhan, 2024 | Full Report
- Buy Low, Sell High: The Ability of Investors to Time Purchases and Sales of Mutual Funds
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Karthik Padmanabhan, 2023 | Abstract | Full Report
- Characteristics and Performance of Target Date Funds in the United States
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2017 | Abstract | Full Report - The Ability of Investors to Time Purchases and Sales of Mutual Funds
Karthik Padmanabhan, Constantijn W.A. Panis and Timothy J. Tardiff, 2017 | Full Report - Multiemployer Plans: Their Current Circumstances in Historical Context
IMPAQ International 2017 | Abstract | Full Report
- How Might Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage Affect Retirement Incomes and Federal Programs?
Karen E. Smith, Stephen Rose, and Damir Cosic 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Drawing Down Retirement Wealth: Interactions between Social Security Wealth and Private Retirement Savings
Philip Armour and Angela A. Hung, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Innovations and Trends in Annuities: Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs)
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Hispanics Retirement Security: Past Trends and Future Prospects
Richard W. Johnson, Stipica Mudrazija, and Claire Xiaozhi Wang, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Household Retirement Saving: The Location of Savings Between Spouses
Katherine G. Carman and Angela A. Hung, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Opting out of Retirement Plan Default Settings
Jeremy Burke, Angela A. Hung, and Jill E. Luoto, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Financial Risks due to Long-Term Care
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Financial Asset Holdings of Households in the United States in 2013
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - Rates of Return of Broker-Sold and Direct-Sold Mutual Funds
Karthik Padmanabhan, Constantijn Panis, and Timothy J. Tardiff, 2016 | Abstract | Report - Review of Selected Studies and Comments in Response to the Department of Labor's Conflict of Interest 2015 Proposed Rule and Exemptions
Karthik Padmanabhan, Constantijn Panis, and Timothy J. Tardiff, 2016 | Abstract | Report
- Brokerage Accounts in the United States
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Savers With and Without a Pension
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Target Populations of State-Level Automatic IRA Initiatives
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Asset Allocation of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Implications of Expanded Annuitization for Old-Age Well-Being
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Pension Plan Structures Before and After the Pension Protection Act of 2006
Barbara A. Butrica, Keenan Dworak-Fisher, and Pamela Perun, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Trends in Pension Cash-Out at Job Separation and the Effects on Long-Term Outcomes
Philip Armour, Michael D. Hurd, and Susann Rohwedder, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Defaulting In and Cashing Out? The Impact of Retirement Plan Design on the Savings Accumulation of Separating Employees
Angela A. Hung, Jill Luoto, and Jeremy Burke, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Automatic Enrollment in Retirement Savings Vehicles: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Jeremy Burke, Angela A. Hung, Jill Luoto, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report - Do Financial Advisers Influence Savings Behavior?
Jeremy Burke and Angela A. Hung, 2015 | Report - Effective Disclosures in Financial Decision Making
Angela A. Hung, Min Gong, and Jeremy Burke, 2015 | Report - Financial Advice Markets: a Cross-Country Comparison
Jeremy Burke and Angela A. Hung, 2015 | Report - Comments on a Review of a White House Report on Conflicted Investment Advice
Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2015 | Report - Potential Economic Effects on Individual Retirement Account Markets and Investors of DOL's Proposed Rule Concerning the Definition of a 'Fiduciary'
Steven Garber, Jeremy Burke, Angela Hung, and Eric Talley, 2015 | Full Report - Trust and Financial Advice
Jeremy Burke and Angela A. Hung, 2015 | Full Report
- Impacts of Conflicts of Interest in the Financial Services Industry
Jeremy Burke, Angela A. Hung, Jack W. Clift, Steven Garber, and Joanne K. Yoong, 2014 | Full Report - Review of Study by Quantria Strategies, LLC
Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2014 | Memorandum - Plan Sponsor Data Technical Working Group Meeting: Meeting Notes
Summit Consulting, 2014 | Abstract | Full Report - The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Older Adults' Labor Supply and Economic Resources
Barbara Butrica and Nadia Karamcheva, 2014 | Abstract | Full Report
- Classifying Portfolio Volatility
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Full Report - Implications of Projecting Recent Trends in DB Pension Plan Freezes into the Future
Martin Holmer, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Matching Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan Filings by Employer
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Defined Contribution Plan Employer Match Suspensions During the Financial Crisis
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Revenue and Benefit Effects of Reducing DC Pension Salary-Reduction Caps
Martin Holmer, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Designing Better Pension Benefits Statements - Current Status, Best Practices and Insights from the Field of Judgment and Decisionmaking
Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Angela Hung, Joanne Yoong, Jack Clift and Caroline Tassot, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report
- Retirement Income Effects of Changing the Income Tax Treatment of DC Pension Plans
Martin Holmer, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report
- Annuities in the Context of Defined Contribution Plans
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2011 | Abstract | Full Report
- Target Date Funds and Retirement Savings
Michael J. Brien, Philip J. Cross, Thomas A. Dunn, Constantijn W.A. Panis, and Joice A. Pharris, 2010 | Abstract | Full Report - Volatility Metrics for Mutual Funds
Michael J. Brien, Constantijn W.A. Panis, and Karthik Padmanabhan, 2010 | Abstract | Full Report
- Target Date Funds: Historical Volatility/Return Profiles
Michael J. Brien, Philip J. Cross, and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2009 | Abstract | Full Report
- Generally Accepted Investment Theories
Constantijn Panis and Joshua B. Schaeffer, 2007 | Abstract | Full Report
- Participation in Defined Contribution Plans
William E. Even and David Macpherson, 2005 | Abstract | Full Report - Defined Contribution Pension Plans and Retirement Wealth Adequacy
Gary V. Engelhardt, 2005 | Abstract | Full Report
- Valuing Assets in Retirement Savings Accounts
James M. Poterba, 2004 | Abstract | Full Report - The Causes and Consequences of Pension Fund Holding of Employer Stock
William Even and David Macpherson, 2004 | Abstract | Full Report - How Much and In What Manner Should Americans Save?
Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 2004 | Abstract | Full Report
- Cross-Trading by ERISA Plan Managers
Thomas H. McInish, 2002 | Abstract | Full Report
- New Trends in Pension Benefits and Retirement Provisions
Olivia S. Mitchell, 2000 | Abstract | Full Report | Tables
- Study of 401(k) Plan Fees and Expenses
Economic Systems, Inc., 1998 | Full Report
Funded Health and Welfare Research Papers
- 2025 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Daniel S. Levy and Yekuhn Zhou, 2024 | Full Report
- Employer Sponsored Insurance Actuarial Values and Sensitivity Analysis
Actuarial Research Corporation, 2024 | Full Report | Technical Appendix - 2024 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Daniel S. Levy and Yekuhn Zhou, 2023 | Full Report
- 2023 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Daniel S. Levy and Yekuhn Zhou, 2022 | Full Report
- 2022 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Megan Yeretsian, 2021 | Full Report
- 2021 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Megan Yeretsian, 2020 | Full Report
- 2020 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2020 | Full Report
- 2019 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2019 | Full Report
- 2018 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2018 | Full Report
- Analysis of Actuarial Values and Plan Funding Using Plans from the National Compensation Survey
Actuarial Research Corporation 2017 | Abstract | Full Report - 2017 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2017 | Full Report
- Financial Risks due to Long-Term Care
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2016 | Abstract | Full Report - 2016 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2016 | Full Report
- 2015 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Constantijn W.A. Panis and Michael J. Brien, 2015 | Full Report - Evaluation of the ARRA COBRA Subsidy
Jillian Berk and Anu Rangarajan, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report | Data and Documentation - Workplace Wellness Programs: Services Offered, Participation and Incentives
Soeren Mattke, Kandice Kapinos, John P. Caloyeras, Erin Audrey Taylor, Benjamin Batorsky, Hangsheng Liu, Kristin R. Van Busum and Sydne Newberry, 2015 | Abstract | Full Report
- Analysis of Form M-1 Data for Filing Years 2010-2013
Summit Consulting, 2014 | Abstract | Full Report - The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Older Adults' Labor Supply and Economic Resources
Barbara Butrica and Nadia Karamcheva, 2014 | Abstract | Full Report - 2014 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2014 | Abstract | Full Report
- Trends and Practices in Healthcare Subrogation
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Full Report - Evaluation of Tools and Metrics to Support Employer Selection of Health Plans
Soeren Mattke, Kristin R. Van Busum, and Grant Martsolf, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Matching Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan Filings by Employer
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report
Soeren Mattke, Hangsheng Liu, John P. Caloyeras, Christina Y. Huang, Kristin R. Van Busum, Dmitry Khodyakov, and Victoria Shier, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report - Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Case Studies Summary Report
Soeren Mattke, Dmitry Khodyakov, Kristin Van Busum, Victoria Shier, and Christopher Schnyer, 2013 | Abstract | Final Report - 2013 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2013 | Abstract | Full Report
- A Review of the U.S. Workplace Wellness Market
Soeren Mattke, Christopher Schnyer, and Kristin R. Van Busum, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - 2012 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - An Analysis of 2007-2009 Filings of Form M-1, Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs)
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Anomalies in Form 5500 Filings: Lessons from Supplemental Data for Group Health Plan Funding
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Strengths and Limitations of Form 5500 Filings for Determining the Funding Mechanism of Employer Provided Group Health Plans
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Identifying Self-Insured Health Plans Using Regulatory Data Sources
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Identifying Self-Insured Health Plans Using Research Data Sources
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Self-Insured Health Benefit Plans Second Report
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report - Self-Insured Health Benefit Plans Supplemental Report 2012
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2012 | Abstract | Full Report
- 2011 Self-Insured Report to Congress, Appendix B
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2011 | Abstract | Full Report - Large Group Health Plans Study
Michael J. Brien and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2011 | Abstract | Full Report - Employer Self-Insurance Decisions and the Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as Modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (ACA)
Christine Eibner, Federico Girosi, Amalia R. Miller, Amado Cordova, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Nicholas M. Pace, Carter C. Price, Raffaele Vardavas, and Carole Roan Gresenz, 2011 | Abstract | Full Report
- Physician Cost Profiling - Reliability and Risk of Misclassification
John L. Adams, 2010 | Full Report - Associations Between Physician Characteristics and Quality of Care
Rachel O. Reid, et al., 2010 | Full Report
- Other Post-Employment Benefits: Overview
Michael J. Brien, Philip J. Cross, Thomas A. Dunn, and Constantijn W.A. Panis, 2009 | Abstract | Full Report
- Hospital Ownership Changes and Employers' Decision to Offer Insurance
Eric E. Seiber, 2006 | Abstract | Full Report
- The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: Factors Correlated with Insurance Gain and Loss among Adults
Robert W. Fairlie and Rebecca A. London, 2005 | Abstract | Full Report - Sinking with the Ship: How Does Involuntary Job Displacement Affect Health Insurance?
Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, 2005 | Abstract | Full Report - Post-displacement Health Insurance Coverage of Displaced Workers
Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, 2005 | Abstract | Full Report - External Reviews of Coverage Denials by Managed Care Organizations in California
Carol Roan Gresenz and David M. Studdert, 2005 | Full Report
- Inside the Black Box of Managed Care Decisions
Institute for Civil Justice and Rand Health, 2004 | Full Report - Household Demand for Health Insurance Price and Spouse's Coverage
Marjorie Honig, 2004 | Abstract | Full Report
- Enrollee Appeals of Preservice Coverage Denials at 2 Health Maintenance Organizations
David M. Studdert and Carol Roan Gresenz, 2003 | Full Report
- Patients in Conflict with Managed Care: A Profile of Appeals in Two HMOs
Carol Roan Gresenz, et al., 2002 | Full Report
- A Study of Coverage Decision-Making by Managed Care Organizations
Deborah R. Hensler, et al., 1999 | Full Report - Expanded Managed Care Liability: What Impact on Employer Coverage
David M. Studdert, et al., 1999 | Full Report