Forecasting retirement needs and retirement wealth
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Retirement and wealth.
The decision to retire is related to the decision to save and to a number of other decisions, including decisions of when to claim Social Security benefits and what share of assets to hold as pensions, Social Security, and in other forms. This article explores the relationships among these various decisions and then explains why it is important to take them into account when attempting to under...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pensions: An International Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1750-208X
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.pm.5940161