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

Apr 2013

Retirement Confidence in the Education Sector: Comparisons by Race

Wilhelmina A. Leigh
Senior Research Associate, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Mar 2013

Retirement Plans, Policies and Practices in Higher Education

Paul J. Yakoboski
Senior Economist
TIAA-CREF Institute

Valerie Martin Conley
Professor and Chair, Counseling and Higher Education
Director, Center for Higher Education
Ohio University
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Feb 2013

Designing and Framing Annuities

John Beshears
Stanford University and NBER

James J. Choi
Yale University and NBER

David Laibson
Harvard University and NBER

Brigitte C. Madrian
Harvard University and NBER

Stephen P. Zeldes
Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and NBER

Jul 2012

2012 Retirement Confidence Survey of the State and Local Government Workforce

Joshua M. Franzel, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research
Center for State and Local Government Excellence

Paul J. Yakoboski, Ph.D.
Senior Economist
TIAA-CREF Institute

Jun 2012