pensions and on a particular type of unfunded (PAYG) pension. Surprisingly little is known about the optimal split between … state the importance of PAYG pensions differs. We estimate how the optimal level of unfunded, state pensions depends on rate …

research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of individuals' and couples' labor supply, savings, and retirement …

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 …

This paper revisits the debate on whether the expansion of the tax-favored saving accounts stimulates savings and helps … generations and find that the policy can have a strong impact on savings, raising the capital stock and output of the economy. The … policy effectively reduces the cost of incremental savings at different points of life-cycle when households would otherwise …