How did investors in the Swedish Premium Pension System (PPS) react to the stock markets shock ignited in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic? The share of investors that traded more than doubled, and trades shifted capital from equity funds to low risk interest funds. In economic terms, however,...

Using Swedish administrative data and an event-study design, this paper studies the impact of grandparenthood on retirement behaviour. The results show a significant increase in the retirement probability for grandmothers and grandfathers when the first grandchild is born, with no significant...

This paper uses individual-level data on fund choices in the Swedish Premium Pension to analyze how investors respond to information about their pension savings. The Swedish Pensions Agency mails an annual information letter, the Orange Envelope, to investors to provide them with tailored...