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Do Defined Contribution Pensions Correct for Short-Sighted Savings Decisions? Evidence from the UK. ESRI WP399. August 2011

van de Ven, J. (2011) Do Defined Contribution Pensions Correct for Short-Sighted Savings Decisions? Evidence from the UK. ESRI WP399. August 2011. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    Estimates for a structural model of savings and labour supply calculated on UK field data support the hypothesis of quasi-hyperbolic discounting. The estimated model indicates that a DC pension encourages increased saving and labour supply prior to pension age, and substantially reduced labour supply thereafter. These results are exaggerated when preferences are myopic. Welfare responses at the beginning of life to the DC pension improve with the extent of myopia, and with the return to the pension asset. Myopia represents an important factor in determining whether the DC pension results in a positive welfare response at plausible parameter values.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > U.K.
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > welfare state
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 01 Nov 2019 10:41
    Number of Pages: 57
    Last Modified: 01 Nov 2019 11:17
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87940

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