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In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savings decisions of college professors … contribution. Employees can also make tax-deferred contributions to a supplemental savings account. A standard lifecycle savings … model predicts a "dollar-for-dollar" tradeoff between supplemental savings and the combined regular pension contributions …
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In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savings decisions of college professors … contribution. Employees can also make tax-deferred contributions to a supplemental savings account. A standard lifecycle savings … model predicts a "dollar-for-dollar" tradeoff between supplemental savings and the combined regular pension contributions …
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This thesis contains four studies in applied microeconomics. The first chapter studies the question of how risk and religiosity are related. The second chapter is a field experiment with a gym, with a policy intervention to help people go more often to the gym. The third chapter examines how the...
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Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and … participants were asked to keep track of their weekly deposits (3) a match of weekly savings: The match was either 10% or 20% up to …
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We conducted a large-scale household survey in November 2020 to study how altering the time frame of a message (temporal framing) regarding an imminent positive income shock affects consumption plans. The income shock derives from the abolishment of the German solidarity surcharge on personal...
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