Substantial evidence suggests that savings behavior may depart from neoclassical optimization. This article examines … the implications of raising the savings rate - whether through social security, retirement plans, or otherwise - for labor … savings behavior. Under one formulation, raising the targeted savings rate has the same effect on labor supply as that of …

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 …

) through both a savings channel and an effective labor supply channel. The effects can be quantitatively large if the …

, consumption, and savings. We find that winning a modest prize ($15,000 per year for twenty years) does not affect labor supply or … earnings substantially. Winning such a prize does not considerably reduce savings. Winning a much larger prize ($80,000 rather … approximately the same amount. Winning $80,000 increases overall savings, although savings in retirement accounts are not …

supply and savings of two different cohorts. To do so, we estimate a rich life-cycle model of couples and singles using the … labor market participation, hours, and savings for married and single people and generates plausible elasticities of labor … participation of married men after age 55, and the savings of couples. These effects are large for both the 1945 and 1955 cohorts …