Olivia S. Mitchell, PhD: Calibrating Retirement Planning with Current Conditions

10 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2021

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Olivia S. Mitchell

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Pension Research Council; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: November 1, 2020

Abstract

In September 2020, Robert Powell, editor-in-chief of the Retirement Management Journal, Jason Fichtner, PhD, senior lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University; and Anna Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, chair of the Society of Actuaries Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks, spoke with Mitchell about how longer lifespans and prolonged retirement periods are requiring adjustments to Social Security benefits, employee pension plans, and individual retirement savings.

Keywords: Olivia Mitchell, Visionaries interview, retirement, retirement planning, retirement saving, Social Security, employee pension plans

JEL Classification: G10, G11

Suggested Citation

Mitchell, Olivia S., Olivia S. Mitchell, PhD: Calibrating Retirement Planning with Current Conditions (November 1, 2020). Retirement Management Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2020, pp. 15-22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3765094

Olivia S. Mitchell (Contact Author)

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