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Retirement Plan Type and Employee Mobility

The Role of Selection

Gopi Shah Goda, Damon Jones and Colleen Flaherty Manchester
Journal of Human Resources, July 2017, 52 (3) 654-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.3.0315-6997R1
Gopi Shah Goda
Gopi Shah Goda is Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Damon Jones is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and faculty research fellow at NBER. Colleen Flaherty Manchester is an associate professor at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
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Gopi Shah Goda is Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Damon Jones is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and faculty research fellow at NBER. Colleen Flaherty Manchester is an associate professor at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
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Gopi Shah Goda is Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Damon Jones is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and faculty research fellow at NBER. Colleen Flaherty Manchester is an associate professor at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota
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