critical for understanding the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. First, we document that parents … household savings. Then, we construct an OLG model that parametrically matches the PE empirical evidence. Finally, we extend the … aggregate fertility on household savings …

There is considerable variation in retirement savings within income, age, and educational categories. Using a broad … retirement savings, even while controlling for measures of IQ and general financial literacy as well as a rich set of demographic … savings. We assess potential threats to a causal interpretation of our results with a hypothetical choice experiment and …

Defined contribution (DC) pensions are an increasingly important means of financing retirement consumption. Because …

, precautionary savings and retirement planning are positively correlated, but this is mostly driven by perceived, not actual …

A central justification for social insurance and for other policies aimed at retirement savings is that individuals may … payroll taxes and other withholding to fund retirement savings as akin to an income tax, while largely ignoring the distant …, making savings-promotion policies much more costly than appreciated. Or consider what may be the labor supply implications …

security are the least well informed about their social security benefits, while those who are most dependent on pensions are …

elasticity for such an important source of loanable funds in the economy suggests that the pensions funding mechanism should be …

savings plan and allow multiple vendors to offer products. Using individual-level payroll data from over half of the public …-district differences in supplemental plan administration on participation in these savings vehicles. We find wide variation in total …