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Distributional effects of subsidizing retirement savings accounts : evidence from Germany

Corneo, Giacomo; Schröder, Carsten; König, Johannes - 2015

We empirically investigate the distributional consequences of the Riester scheme, the main private pension subsidization program in Germany. We find that 38% of the aggregate subsidy accrues to the top two deciles of the population, but only 7.3% to the bottom two. Nonetheless the Riester scheme...

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Do government benefits for high income retirees encourage saving?

Siminski, Peter (contributor) - 2008

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To what extent are public pensions Pareto-improving? : on the interaction of means tested basic income and public pensions

Fenge, Robert; Weizsäcker, Jakob von - 1999

If there is a means tested basic income for old age, households will tend to reduce precautionary savings to an … income types where compulsory savings are found to be Pareto improving only up to a point. Increases in contribution rates … system (with intragenerational fairness) plays a role similar to compulsor y savings in preventing the savings moral hazard …

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The Impact of Annuity Insurance on Savings and Inequality

Kotlikoff, Laurence J. - 1984

This is the first paper to document the effect of health on the migration propensities of African Americans in the American past. Using both IPUMS and the Colored Troops Sample of the Civil War Union Army Data, I estimate the effects of literacy and health on the migration propensities of...

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Retirement savings inequality : different effects of earnings shocks, portfolio selections, and employer contributions by worker earnings level

Saad-Lessler, Joelle; Ghilarducci, Teresa; Reznik, Gayle L. - In: Social security bulletin 78 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

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Retirement Savings Inequality : Different Effects of Earnings Shocks, Portfolio Selections, and Employer Contributions by Worker Earnings Level

Saad-Lessler, Joelle; Ghilarducci, Teresa; Reznik, Gayle - 2018

Changes in accumulated retirement savings, particularly in employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan balances … plans affect retirement savings for lower earners more than for higher earners. The authors match Survey of Income and … retirement savings outcomes by earnings level beyond mere differences in earnings …

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