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Is the U.S. Retirement System Contributing to Rising Wealth Inequality?

Sebastian Devlin-Foltz, Alice Henriques, John Sabelhaus
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2016, 2 (6) 59-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.04
Sebastian Devlin-Foltz
aSenior research assistant
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Alice Henriques
bSenior economist
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John Sabelhaus
cAssistant director in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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    • MEASURING RETIREMENT PLAN PARTICIPATION AND RETIREMENT WEALTH
    • RETIREMENT PLAN PARTICIPATION ACROSS AND WITHIN BIRTH COHORTS
    • RETIREMENT WEALTH-TO- INCOME RATIOS
    • ROLE OF SOCIAL SECURITY WEALTH
    • EFFECT ON OVERALL WEALTH CONCENTRATION
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