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Distributional Effects of Defined Contribution Plans and Individual Retirement Arrangements

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  • Burman, Leonard E.
  • Gale, William G.
  • Hall, Matthew
  • Orszag, Peter R.

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This paper incorporates retirement saving incentives into the Tax Policy Center microsimulation model and analyzes the distributional effects of current tax preferences for saving. As a share of income, tax–preferred saving incentives provide the largest benefits to households with income between $75,000 and $500,000, roughly the 80th to 99th percentile of the income distribution. In 2004, the top 20 percent of tax filing units by income will receive 70 percent of the tax benefits from new contributions to defined contribution plans and almost 60 percent of IRA tax benefits.

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  • Burman, Leonard E. & Gale, William G. & Hall, Matthew & Orszag, Peter R., 2004. "Distributional Effects of Defined Contribution Plans and Individual Retirement Arrangements," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 57(3), pages 671-701, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:57:y:2004:i:3:p:671-701
    DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2004.3.10
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    1. Esther Duflo & William Gale & Jeffrey Liebman & Peter Orszag & Emmanuel Saez, 2006. "Saving Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 121(4), pages 1311-1346.
    2. Johann Brunner & Susanne Pech, 2008. "Optimum taxation of life annuities," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 30(2), pages 285-303, February.
    3. Bradley T. Heim & Ithai Z. Lurie, 2014. "Taxes, Income, And Retirement Savings: Differences By Permanent And Transitory Income," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 32(3), pages 592-617, July.

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