assume responsibility for a greater share of their future retirement saving and health and long-term care costs. Financial … financial literacy is an important determinant of financial protection in the older pre-retirement population in Ireland. Using … with higher total household wealth, lower financial stress and higher expected retirement income. We find little evidence …

better retirement planning. However, relatively little is known about the decision making process for retirement savings … preparation for retirement. This paper investigates the relationship between the financial literacy of members of pre-retirement …

scheme that transfers individual consumption from the working years to the retirement phase of the lifecycle. It discusses … postpone retirement marginally toward the end of the working life. The chapter examines additional criteria (fairness …

contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, fertility and pensions in a three …-period overlapping generations model. We focus on both the case of mandatory retirement and the case where the retirement age is freely … chosen. In the case of mandatory retirement, increasing longevity has an unambiguously negative impact on fertility and …