TY - CHAP T1 - Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence T2 - Reimagining Pensions: The Next 40 Years Y1 - 2016 A1 - Alicia H. Munnell A1 - Matthew S. Rutledge A1 - Anthony Webb ED - Olivia S. Mitchell ED - Shea, Richard C. KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Retirement Planning and Satisfaction AB - This paper examines conflicting assessments of whether people will have adequate retirement income to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living. The studies that it examines use data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and the HRS supplement Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS). Critical components of the analysis are behavioral assumptions about household consumption patterns when children leave home and when households retire. A key limitation is that the behavioral assumptions in the different studies are based on incomplete knowledge of actual household behavior. JF - Reimagining Pensions: The Next 40 Years PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford, United Kingdom U4 - household consumption/retirement preparedness/pre-retirement standard of living JO - Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence ER -