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 …

, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement savings, the cost and efficiency of medical resources, and the … Economics of Aging also includes comparative studies on savings behavior in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States; an … examination of household savings among different age groups in Germany; and a chapter devoted to population aging and the plight …