TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gustman,Alan L.
AU  - Mitchell,Olivia S.
AU  - Samwick,Andrew A.
AU  - Steinmeier,Thomas L.
TI  - Pension and Social Security Wealth in the Health and Retirement Study
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5912
PY  - 1997
Y2  - February 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5912
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5912.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Alan L. Gustman
Department of Economics
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH  03755-3514
Tel: 603/646-2641
Fax: 603/646-2122
E-Mail: ALAN.L.GUSTMAN@DARTMOUTH.EDU

Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
3620 Locust Walk, St 3000 SH-DH
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6302
Tel: 215-898-0424
Fax: 215/898-0310
E-Mail: mitchelo@wharton.upenn.edu

Andrew Samwick
6106 Rockefeller Hall
Department of Economics
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755-3514
Tel: 603/646-2893
Fax: 603/646-2122
E-Mail: andrew.samwick@dartmouth.edu
AB  - Together, pensions, social security and health insurance account for half of the wealth held by all households in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), for 60 percent of total wealth of HRS households who are in the 45th to 55th wealth percentiles, and even for 48 percent of wealth for those in the 90th to 95th wealth percentiles.  The HRS surveys households aged 51 to 61 in 1992, and obtains pension plan descriptions from respondents' employers.  Pension accrual profiles, income and wealth distributions by type, wealth-income ratios and accrued wealth by pension status are also explored.
ER  -