The Costs of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Firm Adjustments

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Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1979
Volume: 93
Issue: 4
Pages: 523-540

Authors (2)

Burt S. Barnow (not in RePEc) Ronald G. Ehrenberg (Cornell University)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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Abstract

I. Introduction, 523.—II. A defined benefit plan with level wages, 525.—III. Life cycle wage growth, 530.—IV. Implications for labor market adjustments, 534.—V. Concluding remarks, 538.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:93:y:1979:i:4:p:523-540.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25