Prof. Dr. Olivia S. Mitchell

Prof. Dr. Olivia S. Mitchell

Program Area:

Household Finance

Position:

SAFE Fellow

Institution:

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Selected SAFE Publications

Author/s	Title	Program Area	Published
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	Will They Take the Money and Work? An Empirical Analysis of People’s Willingness to Delay Claiming Social Security Benefits for a Lump Sum Journal of Risk and Insurance	Household Finance	2018
Abigail Hurwitz, Olivia S. Mitchell, Orly Sade	Testing Methods to Enhance Longevity Awareness Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization	Household Finance	2022
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Do Required Minimum Distribution 401(k) Rules Matter, and for Whom? Insights from a Lifecycle Model Journal of Banking & Finance	Household Finance	2023
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How Would 401(k) ‘Rothification’ Alter Saving, Retirement Security, and Inequality? Journal of Pension Economics & Finance	Financial Markets	2023
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	Optimal Social Security Claiming Behavior under Lump Sum Incentives: Theory and Evidence Journal of Risk and Insurance	Household Finance	2021
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How Persistent Low Expected Returns Alter Optimal Life Cycle Saving, Investment, and Retirement Behavior How Persistent Low Returns Will Shape Saving and Retirement (University Press Scholarship Online)	Household Finance	2018
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla	Optimal Life Cycle Portfolio Choice with Variable Annuities Offering Liquidity and Investment Downside Protection Insurance: Mathematics and Economics	Household Finance	2015
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How will Persistent Low Expected Returns Shape Household Economic Behavior? Journal of Pension Economics & Finance	Household Finance	2019
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Putting the Pension Back in 401(k) Plans: Optimal versus Default Longevity Income Annuities Journal of Banking and Finance	Household Finance	2020
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Older Peoples' Willingness to Delay Social Security Claiming Journal of Pension Economics and Finance	Household Finance	2020
Andreas Hubener, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How Family Status and Social Security Claiming Options Shape Optimal Life Cycle Portfolios Review of Financial Studies	Household Finance	2016

SAFE Working Papers

No.	Author/s	Title	Program Area
375	Abigail Hurwitz, Olivia S. Mitchell, Orly Sade	Testing Methods to Enhance Longevity Awareness	Household Finance
368	Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How Would 401(k) ‘Rothification’ Alter Saving, Retirement Security, and Inequality?	Financial Markets
84	Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	Will They Take the Money and Work? An Empirical Analysis of People’s Willingness to Delay Claiming Social Security Benefits for a Lump Sum	Household Finance
164	Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	Optimal Social Security Claiming Behavior under Lump Sum Incentives: Theory and Evidence	Household Finance
170	Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Older People’s Willingness to Delay Social Security Claiming	Household Finance
263	Vanya Horneff, Daniel Liebler, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Money-Back Guarantees in Individual Retirement Accounts: Still a Good Deal?	Household Finance
150	Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Putting the Pension Back in 401(k) Plans: Optimal versus Default Longevity Income Annuities	Household Finance
190	Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	How Persistent Low Expected Returns Alter Optimal Life Cycle Saving, Investment, and Retirement Behavior	Household Finance

SAFE Policy Publications

Author	Title	Published
Andreas Hubener, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Family Status, Social Security Claiming Options, and Life Cycle Portfolios Policy Letter No. 26	2014
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Incentivizing Older People to Delay Social Security Claiming Policy Letter No. 57	2017
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla, Tatjana Schimetschek	The Potential Effect of Offering Lump Sums as Retirement Payments Policy Letter No. 50	2015

Ongoing Projects
Researcher Project Funded by Status Project Duration Publication Count
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Sehrish Usman Saving in Dynamic Life-Cycles Models SAFE Ongoing 2020 1

Completed Projects

Researcher	Project	Funded by	Status	Project Duration	Publication Count
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell	Evaluating the Benefits of Hedging Longevity Risk Using Life Annuities with Liquidity Options	LOEWE	Completed	2016	1
Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Ralph Rogalla	The Influence of Health Risks on the Optimal Portfolio Selection of Private Investors in the Life Cycle	DFG	Completed	2015	1

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