This Issue Brief examines the 1999 contribution behavior of 1.7 million 401(k) plan participants drawn from the EBRI/ICI Participant-Directed Retirement Plan Data Collection Project. The findings in this paper build on previous academic research examining the contribution activity of 401(k) participants, by using a large sample of participants in a wide range of plan sizes and by examining in d...

M u ch has been written in the higher education administration literat u re about measuring the re s e a rch , t e a ch i n g, and service outcomes of faculty memb e rs (Braskamp and Ory 1994; Dilts, H ab e r, and Bialik 1994; Lewis 1996; Cent ra 1993). How each of many multiple outcomes enters salary determ i n at i o n e q u ations is also well studied, with even similar dep a rtments of econ...