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Research Dialogue

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Research Dialogue, published since 1984, presents in-depth analyses of research findings on both lifelong financial security and higher education issues.   A technical publication, reports include methodology, data sources and implications of findings.  Recent titles include:

  • Late Career Faculty Perceptions: Implications for Retirement Planning and Policymaking
  • The Reshaping of America’s Academic Workforce
  • Recruitment, Retention and Retirement: Compensation and Employment Policies For Higher Education

Recent Articles

Do Universities Generate Agglomeration Spillovers? Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks

Shawn Kantor
University of California, Merced
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Alexander Whalley
University of California, Merced
NBER


February 2010 | Issue# 96

Staying on the Path to a Secure Retirement: Using the Asset-Salary Ratio as a Retirement Compass

P. Brett Hammond
Chief Investment Strategist
TIAA-CREF

David P. Richardson
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute


December 2009 | Issue# 95

Framing, Reference Points, and Preferences for Life Annuities
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Jeffrey R. Kling
The Brookings Institution
NBER

Sendhil Mullainathan
Harvard University
NBER

Garth R. Wiens
Harvard University

Marian V. Wrobel
Harvard University
November 2008 | Issue# 94

The Role of Retirement Personality Type in Motivating Women to Plan for Retirement
Jean M. Lown
Professor of Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Utah State University
September 2008 | Issue# 93