Description: This report establishes a new basis for mortality assumptions for retirement programs in the United States.

Description: This research report on the ability to influence annuity purchases found the following contrast: • Pre-retirees’ intentions to buy a life income annuity appear to be impacted by the interventions tested in this research. There were stronger effects when pre-retirees were provided with basic information, such as life expectancy, and anecdotal evidence. • Retirees’ annuity purchase intentions do not appear to be impacted by the interventions used in the study.

Description: How does retirement preparedness in the U.S. vary across racial/ethnic groups? This report compiles and analyzes a wide variety of works that look at this this question from specific questions. The result provides a broader perspective through comparison of seven metrics tracked from 2012 to 2021.

Description: This research report analyzed the effects of different types of informational interventions on annuity-related behavioral intentions and beliefs, such as estimated retirement age and life expectancy.

Description: This report summarizes the comments received on the RP-2014 exposure draft

Description: This study measures the share of married retirees with pension annuities who forgo survivor protection and examines the factors influencing their decisions. It also measures the share of retirees whose decisions to forgo survivor protection can be justified by its high costs or low benefits, such as the presence of other types of financial protection for the spouse, poor health of the spouse, and low income.

Description: This report examines the mortality of Canadian pensioners subdivided by pension level, using data from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Québec Pension Plan (QPP)

Description: Retirement market study of Peru in English

Description: Retirement market study of Colombia in English.

Description: Retirement market study of Argentina.