Survey Research toward Establishmentof a Sustainable Retirement System for Japanese Colleges and Universities

研究的重点是日本高校的退休和养老金制度，这些制度主要依赖于长期储蓄的传统固定收益(DB)设计，以及与计划和福利类型相关的个人偏好和知识。一项针对这些问题的调查以日本高校的专职教师、研究人员和管理人员为样本对象。数据集帮助我们了解可能影响知识水平的结构模式和因素，以及与个人选择退休福利相关的偏好。研究结果为所有高等教育机构设计可持续的退休福利制度提供了手段，同时满足国家退休人员当前和未来的需求。

The research focuses on the retirement and pension systems of Japanese colleges and universities which primarily rest on the traditional defined benefit (DB) design of long-term savings, as well as individual preferences and knowledge associated with the type of schemes and benefits. A survey was conducted to address these issues with full-time faculty, researchers and administrators in Japanese colleges and universities as the sample target. The data set helps usunderstand the structuralpatterns and factors that are likely affecting the level of knowledge as well as preferences associated with individual choice of retirement benefits. The study result provides a means for all institutions of higher education to design sustainable retirement benefit systems, which at the same time meet the current and future needs of retirees in the country.