Trends and Issues

Trends and Issues, written for an educated, non-technical audience, provides information to help readers make better financial and strategic decisions for themselves and their families. Recent titles include:

  • Engaging New Hires To Invest in Their Financial Security
  • A Paycheck for Life: The Role of Annuities in Your Retirement Portfolio
  • Adjusting Retirement Goals and Savings Behavior: The Role of Financial Education

Recent Articles

Mar 2012
Promoting Workplace Longevity and Desirable Retirement Pathways Within Academic Institutions

    Brian Kaskie, Ph.D.
    University of Iowa

    Kevin Leicht, Ph.D.
    University of Iowa

    Steven Hitlin, Ph.D.
    University of Iowa

Dec 2011
Retirement Confidence Among Hospital Employees

    Paul J. Yakoboski
    Senior Economist
    TIAA-CREF Institute

Dec 2011
Rethinking Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Design: Plan Sponsor Perspectives

    Paul J. Yakoboski
    Senior Research Fellow
    TIAA-CREF Institute

Dec 2011
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Faculty Retirement Decision

    Paul J. Yakoboski
    Senior Research Fellow
    TIAA-CREF Institute

Nov 2011
Redesigning Retirement Plans with R21 Principles

Case Study of the Employee Retirement Program for the TIAA-CREF Family of Companies

    Michael Chambers
    Director, Benefits Strategy & Finance
    TIAA-CREF

    Deborah Hamilton
    Vice President, Benefits & Human Resource Operations
    TIAA-CREF

    Paul J. Yakoboski
    Senior Research Fellow
    TIAA-CREF Institute

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