Retirement planning is a difficult task for many people in the U.S. and as studies by the National Institute on Retirement Security show, about 38 million working-age households do not have any retirement savings. Various tactics to increase participation in retirement savings in the workplace have been employed, such as tax subsidies and automatic defaults. … Continue reading J. Michael Collins and Carly Urban Publish Paper on Retirement Planning in Economic Inquiry
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J. Michael Collins, Erik Hembre, Carly Urban, and Drew Anderson Recipients of 2016 Sandell Grant Program
The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement research and policy. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues. This year J. Michael … Continue reading J. Michael Collins, Erik Hembre, Carly Urban, and Drew Anderson Recipients of 2016 Sandell Grant Program
J. Michael Collins Speaks about k-12 Schools as a Growing Arena for Financial Education in WPR’s Literacy in Wisconsin Series
Collins discusses a recent study conducted by a team of researchers, including Max Schmeiser and Carly Urban both CFS Affiliates, that saw positive results in states that mandated financial literacy curriculum. Dave Mancl, of the Wisconsin Office of Financial Literacy, speaks about the model that Wisconsin uses. Read the Full Story
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