Pension Research Council News

Women’s median weekly earnings rose to 83.8% of men’s in 2023, up from 82.9% the year before, moving toward closing the pay gap. Dr. Olivia S. Mitchell, Wharton School professor, proposes that women build their financial literacy through education and financial advice. Read More

The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that T. Rowe Price has rejoined the Council as an Associate Member for 2024. Read More

The gender wage gap, motherhood penalty, and lower credit scores can hinder retirement wealth building, shows Professor Olivia S. Mitchell in recent MarketWatch piece. Despite these obstacles, women can enhance their financial paths. Read More

The Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that IFEBP has joined the Council as an Associate Level Member of the Council for 2024. Read More

32nd Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research, 27-28 November 2024, Colombo House Theatres, UNSW Sydney – SAVE THE DATES! The Colloquium is co-hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research and the UNSW School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, and is a unique annual event, bringing together academics, government and industry to ...Read More

In a research paper (Jan. 2023), co-authors Vanya Horneff and Raimond Maurer from Goethe University at Frankfurt, and Olivia S. Mitchell from Wharton underscore the value of integrating deferred income annuities into retirement plans. Their study suggests that waiting until age 70 for Social Security benefits, alongside the SECURE 2.0 Act’s emphasis on annuities, can ...Read More