This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch … analysis models to identify the mechanisms that underlie perceived financial preparedness for retirement. Findings revealed … psychological and retirement planning constructs, but also in the robustness of the path models. These findings suggest that policy …

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

pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household … have lower (higher) expected standards of living in retirement, due to the uncertainty regarding intrahousehold resource … sharing. The empirical results suggest that household bargaining is significantly correlated with individual retirement …

advisers to retirement savers. The article also canvasses the customary role of an investment policy statement in promoting … that imposes on financial advisers to retirement savers “fiduciary” status under the Employee Retirement Income Security … Act. The Department reasoned that the fiduciary duty of loyalty was necessary to protect retirement savers from conflicted …

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … these letters on the behavior of individuals. We find an increase in tax-deductible private retirement savings and provide …

This paper evaluates a new variant of the popular target date funds used in employer-based retirement savings plans. We … call this new variant a "target retirement plan." Instead of increasing the allocation to bond funds as retirement … approaches, a target retirement fund gradually purchases deferred life annuities beginning at age 50. In the particular straw …