concept" that increased savings contributions from participation in the SMarT program can be offset by other changes to the … household balance sheet (i.e., by reductions in other savings assets and/or by increases in debt liabilities), except in the …

that these broadly held resources substitute for savings, measures of wealth inequality that do not account for DB pensions …

I theoretically analyze and empirically identify the optimal default savings rate in automatic enrollment retirement …

This study examines the take-up, use, and impact of Islamic savings accounts for poor Muslim clients of an MFI in … Pakistan, using a randomized controlled trial. We specifically focus on the impact of opening Islamic savings accounts on women …’s empowerment. The main results strongly suggest that a successful intervention to increase uptake of savings among a sample of …

saving behaviour is captured by the amount of household savings and the role of planning for overseas education is … relationship between parents planning to send their children to study abroad and household savings, household financial assets …, household non-savings financial assets and household net wealth have been found in this paper. The results also suggest that the …

savings puzzles—and offers a psychological rationale for reforms that link traditional 401(k) accounts to more liquid accounts …

subsequent savings and consumption decisions. Motivated by prior literature on the effect of personal experiences on individual …