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Supplemental plan offerings and retirement saving choices: an analysis of North Carolina school districts* ‡

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  • CLARK, ROBERT L.
  • HANSON, EMMA
  • MORRILL, MELINDA SANDLER
  • PATHAK, ADITI

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Unlike private sector employers, public school districts generally offer more than one type of supplemental retirement savings plan and allow multiple vendors to offer products. Using individual-level payroll data from over half of the public school districts in North Carolina coupled with data from an employer survey, this study examines how inter-district differences in supplemental plan administration are related to participation in these savings vehicles. We find wide variation in total participation rates and in 403(b) plan participation rates in particular, even among this population of public-sector workers with the same defined benefit pension plan, health plan, and retiree health coverage. Individual and district characteristics explain some, but not all, of the variation observed.

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  • Clark, Robert L. & Hanson, Emma & Morrill, Melinda Sandler & Pathak, Aditi, 2016. "Supplemental plan offerings and retirement saving choices: an analysis of North Carolina school districts* ‡," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(3), pages 333-355, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:15:y:2016:i:03:p:333-355_00
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    1. Robert L. Clark & Robert G. Hammond & Christelle Khalaf, 2019. "Planning for Retirement? The Importance of Time Preferences," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 127-150, June.
    2. Robert L. Clark & Robert G. Hammond & Melinda S. Morrill & Christelle Khalaf, 2019. "Informing Retirement Savings Decisions: A Field Experiment On Supplemental Plans," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 57(1), pages 188-205, January.
    3. Laura D. Quinby & Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, 2021. "Do Public Sector Workers Increase Their Outside Savings in Response to Pension Cuts?," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 1023, Boston College Department of Economics.
    4. Robert L. Clark & Robert G. Hammond & Melinda Sandler Morrill & Christelle Khalaf, 2017. "Nudging Retirement Savings: A Field Experiment on Supplemental Plans," NBER Working Papers 23679, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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