Paul Yakoboski, Ph.D.
Principal Research Fellow
Paul Yakoboski is a Principal Research Fellow with the TIAA-CREF Institute. He conducts, manages and communicates research on issues such as income and asset management in retirement, defined contribution plan design, the preparation of higher education faculty for retirement, managing faculty retirement patterns, options for funding retiree health care, and research on issues related to strategic management in higher education. He is also responsible for the development and execution of Institute symposiums on such issues. In addition, Yakoboski serves as director of the Institute's Fellows Program and editor of the Institute’s Trends and Issues and Advancing Higher Education publication series.
Prior to joining the TIAA-CREF Institute, he held positions as Director of Research for the American Council of Life Insurers (2000 to 2004), Senior Research Associate with the Employee Benefit Research Institute (1991 to 2000) and Senior Economist with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (1989 to 1991). He is a member of the American Economic Association, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and serves on the editorial advisory board of Benefits Quarterly. He previously served as Director of Research for the American Savings Education Council (1995 to 2000). Between 1986 and 1988, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Nazareth College (Rochester, NY). Yakoboski earned his Ph.D. (1990) and M.A. (1987) in economics from the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) and his B.S. (1984) in economics from Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA).
You may contact Dr. Yakoboski by email, pyakoboski@tiaa-cref.org
