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Alicia Haydock Munnell

Alicia Haydock Munnell

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
44
Citations
9967
World Ranking
1839
National Ranking
1085

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Alicia Haydock Munnell is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and has an extensive body of work focused primarily on social sciences and business, management, and accounting. Their research spans multiple subfields including accounting, demography, general health professions, economics and econometrics, and gender studies.

Their main research topics encompass financial literacy, pension systems, and retirement analysis, with additional focus areas in retirement, disability, and employment. Other notable subjects of their work include global health care issues, housing market economics, gender, labor, and family dynamics, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, as well as insurance, mortality, demography, and risk management.

Among recent publications, these stand out:

  • Participation and Pre-Retirement Withdrawals in Oregon's Auto-IRA, 2020, The Journal of Retirement
  • How best to annuitize defined contribution assets?, 2020, Journal of Risk & Insurance
  • Employer Perceptions of Older Workers - Surveys from 2019 and 2006, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • How do older workers use nontraditional jobs?, 2020, Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance
  • Property Tax Deferral: Can a Public/Private Partnership Help Provide Lifetime Income?, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

The researcher has a notable presence in publication venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, The Journal of Retirement, Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance, Innovation in Aging, and Journal of Risk & Insurance.

Frequent collaborators include Gal Wettstein, Wenliang Hou, Anqi Chen, Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher, and Abigail Walters. Their collaborations indicate a network of coauthors engaged in related fields, contributing to multiple joint publications.

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Mortgage Lending in Boston: Interpreting HMDA Data

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Geoffrey M. B. Tootell;Lynn E. Browne;James McEneaney

  • Policy Watch: Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth

    Alicia H. Munnell

  • How Does Public Infrastructure Affect Regional Economic Performance

    A H Munnell

  • Why has productivity growth declined? Productivity and public investment

    Alicia H. Munnell

  • Coming Up Short: The Challenge of 401(k) Plans

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Annika E. Sundén

  • Working Longer: The Solution to the Retirement Income Challenge

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Steven A. Sass

  • WHAT DETERMINES 401(K) PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Annika Sunden;Catherine Taylor

  • REASSESSING THE ROLE FOR WEALTH TRANSFER TAXES

    Henry J. Aaron;Alicia H. Munnell

  • Oxford handbook of pensions and retirement income

    Gordon L. Clark;Alicia H. Munnell;J. Michael Orszag

  • The effect of social security on personal saving

    Alicia Haydock Munnell

  • Private Pensions and Savings: New Evidence

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  • Is there a shortfall in public capital investment

    A. H. Munnell

  • The Effects of the Great Recession on the Retirement Security of Older Workers

    Alicia H. Munnell;Matthew S. Rutledge

  • The future of social security

    Alicia Haydock Munnell

  • The economics of private pensions

    Alicia Haydock Munnell

  • Employer Attitudes towards Older Workers: Survey Results

    Alicia H. Munnell;Steven A. Sass;Mauricio Soto

  • 401(k) Plans are Still Coming up Short

    Alicia H. Munnell;Annika E. Sundén

  • Is There Really a Retirement Savings Crisis? An NRRI Analysis

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Anthony Webb;Francesca Golub-Sass

  • A New National Retirement Risk Index

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Anthony Webb;Luke Delorme

  • Death and Dollars: The Role of Gifts and Bequests in America

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Annika E. Sundén

  • Framing the social security debate : values, politics, and economics

    Erick M. Elder;R. Douglas Arnold;Michael J. Graetz;Alicia H. Munnell

  • Employer attitudes toward older workers: Survey results

    Alicia Haydock Munnell;Mauricio Soto;Steven A. Sass

  • Retirement, Pensions, and Social Security.

    Alicia H. Munnell;Gary S. Fields;Olivia S. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Burtless
Gary Burtless Brookings Institution
William G. Gale
William G. Gale Brookings Institution
Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania
Eric F. Johnson
Eric F. Johnson AbbVie (United States)
David Laibson
David Laibson Harvard University
Annamaria Lusardi
Annamaria Lusardi Stanford University
Gordon L. Clark
Gordon L. Clark University of Oxford
Christopher I. Wright
Christopher I. Wright Harvard University
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett Northeastern University

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