“We finally have a database where we can look at the impact of plan design on employee behavior ... never had that ability in my life”

The Long View · Spencer Look and Jack VanDerhei: The Assumptions That Can Put Your Retirement at Risk

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combined the EBRI-ICI database with plan-design variables to analyze how match incentives, escalation, defaults, and managed accounts affect employee contributions

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