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The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules–in Numbers Apr 15, 2025 Prince, Samantha, 2025, "The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules–in Numbers", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6RBJTB Many Americans terminate employment (voluntarily or involuntarily) prior to vesting in their company 401(k) plans. This costs them a lot of money; it also saves companies a lot of money. Vesting schedules used by some 401(k) plans cause plan participants to forfeit significant po... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: Rights, Structure, and Remediation Apr 15, 2025 Gordon, Aaron, 2025, "Replication Data for: Rights, Structure, and Remediation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1JHDC2 In "The Collapse of Constitutional Remedies," Aziz Huq challenges the idealistic view of federal courts as faithful exponents of the Constitution’s protections for liberty. He insists that the Framers’ design of Article III is fundamentally flawed, resulting in a judiciary that i... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: A Critical Assessment of the Originalist Case Against Administrative Regulatory Power Apr 15, 2025 Parrillo, Nicholas, 2025, "Replication Data for: A Critical Assessment of the Originalist Case Against Administrative Regulatory Power", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IGMJ7E The documents here are a PDF Data Guide plus 17 Excel Files (numbered 1 to 17) containing the actual data and calculations. The PDF Data Guide is a PDF of the Article with the text of each calculation-based assertion highlighted in yellow. For each piece of highlighted text, ther... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: Evidence-Based Transitional Justice Apr 15, 2025 Revkin, Mara; Ala; Rachel Myrick, 2025, "Replication Data for: Evidence-Based Transitional Justice", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CGWGD0 The field of “transitional justice” refers to a range of processes and mechanisms for accountability, truth-seeking, and reconciliation that governments and communities pursue in the aftermath of major societal traumas, including civil war, mass atrocities, and authoritarianism.... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: Externalist Statutory Interpretation Apr 15, 2025 Zhang, Alexander, 2025, "Replication Data for: Externalist Statutory Interpretation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/M6ZMYZ The dominant paradigm of statutory-interpretation scholarship is an “internalist” one. It treats statutory interpretation as a self-contained set of tools primarily deployed by lawyers and judges within the closed universe of courts. But as judges increasingly justify textualism... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: Legal Deserts and Spatial Injustice: A Study of Criminal Legal Systems in Rural Washington Apr 15, 2025 Lisa R. Pruitt; Jennifer Sherman; Jennifer Schwartz, 2025, "Replication Data for: Legal Deserts and Spatial Injustice: A Study of Criminal Legal Systems in Rural Washington", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TEKFSA This Essay draws on empirical research to compose a sketch of the criminal legal systems of several sparsely populated counties in central and eastern Washington State. The study reveals how, at times, the dearth of attorneys available to do the work of prosecuting and defending... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.
Replication Data for: Beyond Trade Secrecy Apr 15, 2025 Seaman, Christopher; Hrdy, Camilla, 2025, "Replication Data for: Beyond Trade Secrecy", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T7TZDT There is a substantial literature on noncompete agreements and their adverse impact on employee mobility and innovation. But a far more common restraint in employment contracts has been underexplored: confidentiality agreements, sometimes called nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). A... This dataset is harvested from Harvard's Dataverse. Clicking the link will take you directly to the archival source of the data.

The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules–in Numbers

Apr 15, 2025

Prince, Samantha, 2025, "The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules–in Numbers", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6RBJTB

Many Americans terminate employment (voluntarily or involuntarily) prior to vesting in their company 401(k) plans. This costs them a lot of money; it also saves companies a lot of money. Vesting schedules used by some 401(k) plans cause plan participants to forfeit significant po...