Retirees often regret what they did wrong, including retiring too soon, not saving enough, and not buying lifetime income, report Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Abigail Hurwitz from the Hebrew University in their new NBER WP, reported by Kerry Hannon via yahoofinance.com.…Read More
The Population Aging Research Center (PARC) of the University of Pennsylvania hosted its 2nd Aging Retreat. Presentations addressed how America’s demographic changes are shaping health care, health equity, and the wellbeing of the elderly and their caregivers. Olivia S. Mitchell, Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, presented on “Financial Regret at Older Ages and Longevity Awareness.”…Read More
Financial regret increases when older Americans are encouraged to consider their likely longevity, find economists Abigail Hurwitz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Olivia Mitchell of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School via MarketWatch. …Read More
60% of older survey respondents feel regret for not having saved more and claimed Social Security too young, report Profs Abigail Hurwitz of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Olivia S. Mitchell of the University of Pennsylvania, via Think Advisor.…Read More
