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Immigrant–native differences in employment-based retirement plan participation

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  • HEIM, BRADLEY T.
  • LURIE, ITHAI Z.
  • RAMNATH, SHANTHI P.

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This paper examines differences between immigrant and native employees in retirement plan participation using SIPP data. We find that the participation rate among natives is 60 percent, while the native-immigrant participation gap ranges from 10.9 percentage points for naturalized citizens to 35.4 percentage points for non-permanent residents. Controlling for demographic and job characteristics can explain up to half of the gap. Decomposing the overall immigrant-native difference into differences in employer offers, plan eligibility, and plan take-up shows that the likelihood of working for an employer that offers a plan is the primary driver of the overall gap.

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  • Heim, Bradley T. & Lurie, Ithai Z. & Ramnath, Shanthi P., 2012. "Immigrant–native differences in employment-based retirement plan participation," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(3), pages 365-388, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:11:y:2012:i:03:p:365-388_00
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    1. Mary J. Lopez & Sita Slavov, 2020. "Do immigrants delay retirement and social security claiming?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(10), pages 1105-1123, February.
    2. David Love & Lucie Schmidt, 2015. "Comprehensive Wealth of Immigrants and Natives," Working Papers wp328, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.

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