Alicia H. Munnell Kelly Haverstick () (Center for Retirement Research, Boston College) Geoffrey Sanzenbacher (Center for Retirement Research, Boston College)
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Commentators constantly cite an increase in labor mobility as a major reason for the shift in the private sector from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. But while most casual observers accept such a phenomenon, economists have been hard pressed to find any significant change over time. Only in recent years have the data indicated that mobility might have increased for some groups. This pattern suggests that the advent of 401(k) plans led to an increase in mobility rather than an increase in mobility leading to the proliferation of 401(k)s. This brief attempts to sort out this "chicken and egg" issue using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
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Paper provided by Center for Retirement Research in its series Issues in Brief with number
ib2006-55.
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