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September 2007

Employer generosity in employer-matched 401(k) plans, 2002-03

Keenan Dworak-Fisher

The 401(k) plan affords workers the advantage that their contributions are untaxed until the workers withdraw money from the plan in their retirement; such plans exhibit considerable diversity in their generosity provisions, even when the provisions are combined into one summary measure of generosity.

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