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Now is the Time to Add Retirement Accounts to Social Security: The Guaranteed Retirement Account Proposal

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Despite billions in tax breaks to incentivize retirement savings, almost half of the American workforce does not have a retirement plan. Without safe, effective accounts to save consistently for retirement, older workers face the increasing likelihood of experiencing downward mobility in retirement. Rather than relying on families and social spending to provide for the growing numbers of vulnerable seniors, we need comprehensive retirement reform to ensure retirement income security. This includes creation of Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRAs) added on to Social Security. A GRA is a mandated, professionally-managed retirement account – a hybrid between a defined benefit pension and a 401(k)-type defined contribution plan.

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  • Zachary Knauss & Bridget Fisher, 2015. "Now is the Time to Add Retirement Accounts to Social Security: The Guaranteed Retirement Account Proposal," SCEPA policy note series. 2015-07, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
    • Handle: RePEc:epa:cepapn:2015-07
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    Keywords

    Retirement; 401(k); GRA; Social Security;
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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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