Steven Venti

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Steven Venti
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
InstitutionDartmouth College, DeWalt Ankeny Professor of Economic Policy and Professor of Economics
FieldRetirement Savings
Economics of the Elderly
IRA
401K
Alma materHarvard University
Boston College
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Websitehttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~bventi/

Steven F. Venti is the DeWalt Ankeny Professor of Economic Policy and a professor of economics at Dartmouth College.[1]

Background and research[edit]

Venti's research focuses on "the well-being of older households" and he currently is examining the "effectiveness of 401(K)s and similar retirement saving plans, whether the elderly are financially prepared for retirement, how households manage their wealth after retirement, and the role of health in the financial security of older households."[2] His research has been cited over 6,000 times [3] and has been published in a number of top economic journals such as the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His findings have also been featured in The New York Times.[4] In addition to teaching an undergraduate course in finance, he is a research associate at the NBER.[5]

Venti served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College from 2008-10. He was also the recipient of the Samuelson Certificate of Excellence Award in 1997.[5]

Education[edit]

Venti graduated from Boston College in 1982 with a B.A. in economics and from Harvard University in 1982 with a Ph.D. in economics.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Steven F. Venti - Dartmouth - Professor". www.dartmouth.edu.
  2. ^ "Steven F. Venti - Department of Economics". economics.dartmouth.edu. 2 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Steven Venti - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.
  4. ^ "Owning a Home Isn't Always a Virtue". The New York Times. 14 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2017-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)