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Dr. Madrian:  Boettner Chair in Financial Gerontology

Brigitte Madrian

Dr. Brigitte Madrian has been designated the Joseph E. and Ruth E. Boettner Chair in Financial Gerontology. In July, she came to Penn, joining the Wharton School's department of Business and Public Policy as an associate professor. 

Previous appointments include positions at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. Her credentials in analyzing the economic well-being of the elderly put her at the top of the applicant pool for the chair.  In the past, Dr. Madrian received the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security and the National Academy of Social Insurance Heinz Dissertation Award in 1994. Her areas of research encompass pensions, health insurance, and employee benefits.

Dr. Madrian earned her B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1989 and her Ph.D. from MIT in 1993. She is currently pursuing projects in the determinants of employee savings behavior in 401(k) and other employer-sponsored savings plans, including the impact of market returns, matching, financial education, defaults, and other aspects of plan design on savings outcomes.

The Boettner Center studies the relationships among aging, financial issues and quality of life.  It was transferred to the Wharton School in 2002 from the School of Social Work. Affiliates of the center focus on challenges and opportunities associated with global aging and retirement. A strong thrust of research is being conducted in successful retirement savings, financial securities, and investment options after retirement, general public and private retirement income programs.

The Boettner Institute of Financial Gerontology was established in 1986 at the American College in Bryn Mawr, through the generosity of Joseph E. and Ruth Elizabeth Boettner.  In 1997 the Boettner Institute of Financial Gerontology endowed the Boettner Chair in Financial Gerontology.       

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 13, November 18, 2003

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