The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has released a
new Issue in Brief:
“Do Catch-Up Contributions
Increase 401(k) Saving?”
by Qi Guan, Matthew S. Rutledge,
April Yanyuan Wu, and Francis M. Vitagliano
- To encourage Americans to save more for retirement, some suggest raising 401(k) contribution limits.
- To assess such an option, this analysis estimates the effects of a 2001 increase in 401(k) limits that also introduced a higher “catch-up” limit for those 50 and over.
- The increase in the limits did boost contributions in 2002-05, but only for those near the prior limits, particularly those eligible to make catch-up contributions.
- Since few participants – only about 10 percent – are constrained by the limits, raising them does not offer a broad-based solution for low saving rates.
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Andrew,
Insurance is a better way to manage the cost of the unknown. It is frightening to see what politicians suggest. They either don't understand the problem or don't care about the consequences.
www.fedsmith.com/2014/05/27/going-in-the-wrong-direction/
The problem is that the private annuity market is too expensive for the average citizen.
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