Pension plans and employee performance : evidence, analysis, and policy
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Pension plans and employee performance : evidence, analysis, and policy
University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index
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Description
This book explores the relationship between employees' preferences for certain types of pension plans and their productivity. It begins by reviewing how pensions influence workers' behaviour on the job, helping employers reduce early quit rates and increase early retirement rates. Ippolito then shows how pensions can assist employers in attracting and retaining workers who have personal attributes valued by the firm. Challenging the accepted view of defined contribution plans, such as the "401k", as merely convenient tax-deferred savings plans, Ippolito argues that these plans can help firms select and pay their best workers without expending monitoring resources. Building on his proposals for managing private pension plans, he concludes with a blueprint for fixing the social security system that would promote incentives to work and save while at the same time improving the system's financial condition.
Table of Contents
List of Figures List of Tables Ch. 1: Developments in the Market for Private Pensions Ch. 2: Defined Benefit Plans as Implicit Contracts Ch. 3: Impact of Pensions on Quit Rates Ch. 4: Quits and Retirements in the Federal Government Ch. 5: Pensions and Retirement Patterns Ch. 6: Role of Pensions in Earlier Retirement after 1970 Ch. 7: Toward Explaining the Growth of Defined Contribution Plans Ch. 8: Sorting across Plan Type Ch. 9: Encouraging High Discounters to Quit Ch. 10: Aligning Pay and Productivity: 401k Plans Ch. 11: Reliability as a Hidden Worker Attribute Ch. 12: Tax Considerations and Plan Choice Ch. 13: A Pension Tax Policy for Low Discounters Ch. 14: Incentives, High Discounters, and Social Security Ch. 15: Reforms for the Disability and Medicare Programs Notes Selected References Index
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