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Caught Between Demographics and the Deficit: How Can Retirement Plans Meet the Challenges Ahead?
In: Compensation and benefits review, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 32-39
ISSN: 1552-3837
Employers face the prospect of disgruntled, aging baby boomers hanging on because they can't afford to retire. But there are ways to avoid this scenario.
The Risk of Aggregation
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 243-247
ISSN: 1539-6924
Perspectives on Risk Perceptions
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 143-163
ISSN: 1539-6924
Drawing on the literature from the fields of cognitive and social psychology, sociology, and political science, we discuss perceptions of risks and benefits, the impact of perceptions and personal preferences on choice and behavior, the question of "socially acceptable" thresholds of risk, and the analytic and descriptive means by which such thresholds might be identified. We hypothesize that existing psychometric methods may be adapted for the scaling of perceived benefit. We review factors hampering the application of formal methodologies in the resolution of controversial public debates, and express doubt about the identification of a socially acceptable threshold of risk. We argue that the emphasis of research in this field should be shifted toward explicating the use of risk and benefit perceptions in the process of personal decision‐making. Finally, we suggest several social science research approaches that may be used to address these issues.