' savings for retirement. We consider voluntary accounts as opposed to mandatory accounts with minimum contribution rates. We …

We analyse the investment performance of a large sample of individuals investing in discretionary retirement savings … reflecting the consequence of their trading behaviours and effectiveness in accumulating retirement savings. It is of particular … interest to policy makers given the tax concessions that retirement savings attract in the expectation that successfully …

population aging over the period 2000–14. While there is little doubt that household savings have decreased, the true trend …

Mandatory contributions to retirement savings accounts may tighten existing borrowing constraints, forcing individuals … to forgo profitable investment options. This welfare-detrimental effect can be offset if retirement savings are allowed … combined with a pension system with unconditional basic savings …

during good times and increase spending during bad times -- a cyclical matching rate on contributions to retirement savings … accounts. The combination of matching rates and matching limits on retirement savings plans creates sharp kinks in … bad aggregate states? I model an economy with liquid and illiquid savings accounts in which matching is suspended during …

In private pre-funded retirement savings systems, workers can be compelled by regulation to make minimum contributions … to retirement accounts. We examine the impact of compulsory contributions into retirement savings (superannuation … the consumption of lower wealth individuals is severely constrained by compulsory savings, resulting in a sizeable welfare …