-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …

Since the early nineties, the Dutch tax system allows for a tax-favored form of risk free savings through employer …-sponsored savings plans (ESSPs). Under some conditions and up to a certain amount, the contributions to this planare tax-deductible, and … suggests that those who have access to this type of savings should participate inthem, provided they have some financial wealth …

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 …

Traditionally, households have been seen as acting as a single unit when it comes to savings. Although this might be … correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …-mandatory retirement savings. To answer this question we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in …

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