Ordinary lives

Arthi, Vellore, Gary Richardson, and Mark Van Orden. “Ordinary lives”. CRR WP 2025-2, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, January 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:9100042.
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Abstract

This paper uses archival insurance industry data from the period 1861 to 1941 to shed light on ordinary life insurance, which was the primary old-age savings mechanism of American households in the era before Social Security.

Title
Ordinary lives: Insurance and savings in America, 1861 to 1941
Author
Arthi, Vellore
Richardson, Gary
Van Orden, Mark
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
January 2025
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
CRR WP
Series Number
2025-2
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:9100042
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Subject
Social Security

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