This paper examines the impact of private pension coverage on the saving behavior of men in their preretirement years. The empirical work is based on the Ando-Modigliani model which permits explicit recognition of differences in expected retirement age between covered and noncovered groups. The data originated in the 5-year Labor Department sample of men aged 45-59 in 1966. The results clearly indicate that, contrary to earlier work by Cagan and Katona, pension coverage reduces saving in other forms.

This paper examines the impact of private pension coverage on the saving behavior of men in their preretirement years. The empirical work is based on the Ando-Modigliani model which permits explicit recognition of differences in expected retirement age between covered and noncovered groups. The data originated in the 5-year Labor Department sample of men aged 45-59 in 1966. The results clearly indicate that, contrary to earlier work by Cagan and Katona, pension coverage reduces saving in other forms.

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act was enacted to monitor minority and low-income access to the mortgage market. The data collected for this purpose show that minorities are more than twice as likely to be denied a mortgage as whites. Yet variables correlated with both race and creditworthiness were omitted from these data, making any conclusion about race's role in mortgage lending impossible. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston collected additional variables important to the mortgage lending decision and found that race continued to play an important, though significantly diminished, role in the decision to grant a mortgage.

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act was enacted to monitor minority and low-income access to the mortgage market. The data collected for this purpose show that minorities are more than twice as likely to be denied a mortgage as whites. Yet variables correlated with both race and creditworthiness were omitted from these data, making any conclusion about race's role in mortgage lending impossible. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston collected additional variables important to the mortgage lending decision and found that race continued to play an important, though significantly diminished, role in the decision to grant a mortgage.