Dr. Anita Mukherjee: Exploring the Link Between Wealth, Longevity, and Quality of Life

<p>Our guest on the podcast today is Dr. Anita Mukherjee, associate professor in Risk and Insurance at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Professor Mukherjee conducts research on public policy related to prisons and the opioid crisis, as well as household finance, retirement, and aging. Professor Mukherjee joined the Wisconsin School of Business after completing her Ph.D. in applied economics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an M.S. in management science and engineering, a B.S. in mathematics, and a B.A. in economics, all from Stanford University. Prior to enrolling at Wharton, she spent two years working as a consultant to Oliver Wyman.</p><p>Background</p><p><a href="https://business.wisc.edu/directory/profile/anita-mukherjee/" target="_blank">Bio</a></p><p>Abandoned Retirement Plans</p><p>“<a href="https://cfsrdrc.wisc.edu/files/working-papers/WI20-04_Mukherjee.Mommaerts_FinalPaper_508.pdf" target="_blank">Lost and Found: Claiming Behavior in Abandoned Retirement Accounts</a>,” by Anita Mukherjee and Corina Mommaerts, Retirement & Disability Research Center, 2020.</p><p>“<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4254043" target="_blank">Set It and Forget It? Financing Retirement in an Age of Defaults</a>,” by Lucas Goodman, Anita Mukherjee, and Shanthi Ramnath, <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/" target="_blank">papers.ssrn.com</a>, Oct. 19, 2022.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-goodman-00b87415/" target="_blank">Lucas Goodman</a></p><p>“<a href="https://cfsrdrc.wisc.edu/files/research-briefs/Mukherjee-Research-Brief.pdf" target="_blank">Frictions in Saving and Claiming: An Analysis of Unclaimed Retirement Accounts</a>,” by Anita Mukherjee and Corina Mommaerts, Retirement & Disability Research Center, December 2019.</p><p>Wealth Inequality and Retirement</p><p>“<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629623000978?dgcid=rss_sd_all" target="_blank">Inequality in the Golden Year