A new EBRI study of target-date fund investments explores whether plan demographic characteristics would affect individual participant contribution rates and target-date fund investments for participants in relation to plan demographics by considering target replacement income and its success rate. EBRI Issue Brief May 28, 2009 44 pages
EBRI Fast Facts May 20, 2009 1 pages
EBRI Testimony May 20, 2009 7 pages
EBRI Fast Facts May 14, 2009 1 pages
EBRI Fast Facts May 13, 2009 1 pages
Many Americans support the use of lower cost sharing as an incentive to change the way individuals use the health care system in order to reduce costs, according to survey data published today by EBRI. Press release EBRI Notes May 5, 2009 24 pages
EBRI Fast Facts April 29, 2009 1 pages
EBRI Testimony April 29, 2009 45 pages
EBRI Fast Facts April 23, 2009 1 pages
EBRI Fast Facts April 16, 2009 1 pages
The recession has cast a pall over the retirement expectations of the vast majority of Americans, leaving a record-low 13 percent this year able to say they are very confident of having enough money to live comfortably in retirement, according to the 19th Annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) released today by EBRI. Among workers, those feeling very confident about retirement has tumbled by one-half in the last two years. EBRI Issue Brief Apr 14, 2009 24 pages
This article reviews actual public pension plan contribution behavior from 2001 to 2006, pension asset allocations from 2003 to 2007, and the effect that investment performance has on employer contribution volatility. Press release EBRI Notes Apr 9, 2009 12 pages
EBRI Fast Facts March 19, 2009 1 pages
This article summarizes EBRI’s December 2008 policy forum on the “Outlook for Consumer/Patient Engagement in Health Care—30 Years into the Experiment,” which took a detailed look at consumer-directed health plans and related issues. Press release EBRI Notes Mar 12, 2009 12 pages
About 37 percent of 401(k) plan participants who were offered target-date funds had at least some fraction of their account in target-date funds in 2007, and this is expected to increase as the push for better diversification of 401(k) participants’ assets intensifies from plan sponsors and policymakers, according to new analysis by EBRI. EBRI Issue Brief Mar 9, 2009 32 pages
EBRI Fast Facts March 4, 2009 1 pages
EBRI Testimony Feb 25, 2009 27 pages
