-mandatory retirement savings. Therefore we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in Germany taking …. These results additionally show a "crowding-in" of total retirement savings amounts between spouses, probably due to some … "peer effect". The unitary model of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …

decades. Voluntary savings for retirement will therefore gain more and more relevance in order to maintain one’s standard of … living during retirement. This article examines the savings behavior for retirement on an individual level in Germany. As a … out to be less likely to save additionally privately for retirement. In a second step the chosen gross saving rates are …

-mandatory retirement savings. To answer this question we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in … of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …Traditionally, households have been seen as acting as a single unit when it comes to savings. Although this might be …

retirement security, enhancing welfare by up to 20% of retiree plan accruals. …

We adapt the design of five experimental studies on retirement decision-making and conduct reproductions with a larger … subjects collect retirement benefits as lump-sum instead of annuities, they choose to retire later. The duration of retirement … affects the saving behavior of the subjects. Savings are higher when they are incentivized with matching contributions than …