Essays in Financial Economics

In Chapter 1, joint work with Bledi Taski, we pose the question: how do workers value retirement benefits relative to wages and what impact do these benefits have on firm hiring? We find that dollars paid in employer contributions to 401(k) plans have nearly double the effect on a firm's recrui...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Allison
Other Authors: Parker, Jonathan A.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151297