increase retirement savings. However, gauging the relative efficacy of these approaches is challenging because the supporting … rates, active choice, and automatic enrollment) designed to increase retirement savings. Consistent with previous literature …, we find sizable effects of savings interventions on participation and cumulative contributions that increase with the …

savings are smaller than the short-run effects, with some savings financed via debt. I also review efforts to expand access to … employer-based retirement savings and liquid savings, the pros and cons of target date funds as default investment options …

Automatic enrollment is often used to increase retirement savings. What are the effects of using it (or, alternatively …, requiring an active enrollment choice) to increase short-term savings? We evaluate two experiments in the U.K. at employers that … enable workers to set up payroll contributions to fund short-term savings accounts. In the first experiment (N = 7 …

Medium- and long-run dynamics undermine the effect of automatic enrollment and default savings-rate auto-escalation on … retirement savings. Our analysis of nine 401(k) plans incorporates the facts that employees frequently leave firms (often before …

characterization of asset premia and precautionary savings effects in steady state …

We introduce a new database of historical Genuine Savings (GS), an indicator of sustainable development promoted by the …

they lost their predominance within the following decades as they were pushed to convert into Savings and Loans (S …&Ls). This study examines whether the U.S. government-insured Postal Savings System attracted funds away from B&Ls precisely when … show that the sudden rise in local postal savings was associated with local downturns in B&Ls. Using a panel vector …

. We find that 60% of open accounts in college 529 savings plans are invested suboptimally due to high expenses and tax … information processing frictions shape households' suboptimal investment in college savings plans and reduce their financial well-being …