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Intra-household allocation of non-mandatory retirement savings : update : updated version of discussion paper no.60
Metzger, Christoph - 2017
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. Therefore we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in Germany taking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582956
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Mapping the minds of retirement planners
Hershey, Douglas A.; Henkens, Kène; Dalen, Hendrik P. van - 2006
This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25-64 years of age. Analyses were designed to: (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349213
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Maintaining one's living standard at old age : what does that mean? ; evidence using panel data from Germany
Dudel, Christian; Ott, Notburga; Werding, Martin - 2013
How much retirement income is needed in order to maintain one's living standard at old age? As it is difficult to find a firm basis for an empirical treatment of this question, we employ a novel approach to assessing an adequate replacement rate vis- a-vis income in the pre-retirement period. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766250
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Planning and saving for retirement
Sulka, Tomasz - 2022
applied to study welfare and savings implications of automatic enrolment into private pensions. The default option effect on … disproportionately low savings of individuals on low incomes and non-fungibility between public and private pension wealth. The model is … default scheme. Nevertheless, the impact of automatic enrolment on total savings is ambiguous in general, because in addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013161586
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Intra-household allocation of non-mandatory retirement savings
Metzger, Christoph - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434405
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Private Wealth and Job Exit at Older Age : A Random Effects Model
Bloemen, Hans - 2014
Private wealth holdings are likely to become an increasingly important determinant in the job exit decision of elderly workers. Net wealth may correlate with worker's characteristics that also determine the exit out of a job. It is therefore important to include a rich set of observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056352
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Financial Literacy and Pension Plan Participation in Italy
Fornero, Elsa - 2011
By requiring individuals to decide whether to participate in (newly established) pension funds, how much to contribute and how to invest their retirement wealth, pension reforms have raised concerns about the ability of households to deal with financial decisions. Using the Bank of Italy's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127003
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Financial literacy, retirement planning, and household wealth
Rooij, Maarten van; Lusardi, Annamaria; Alessie, Rob - 2011
savings plan has been shown to boost wealth. Overall, financial literacy, both directly and indirectly, is found to have a … strong link to household wealth. -- Financial Education ; Savings and Wealth Accumulation ; Retirement Preparation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009298377
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Financial Literacy, Retirement Preparation and Pension Expectations in the Netherlands
Alessie, Rob J. M. - 2011
We present new evidence on financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands based on two surveys conducted before and after the onset of the financial crisis. We document that while financial knowledge did not increase from 2005 to 2010, significantly more individuals planned for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119060
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Financial Literacy, Retirement Planning, and Household Wealth
van Rooij, Maarten - 2011
savings plan has been shown to boost wealth. Overall, financial literacy, both directly and indirectly, is found to have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119479