Tag: automatic contributions
The brief’s key findings are: To encourage retirement saving, policymakers use two types of tools: tax subsidies and automatic contributions. Both tools are effective at increasing retirement saving, but such increases could simply be offset by a reduction in a household’s non-retirement saving. A recent study, using Danish data, addresses this issue: A revision in…
The brief’s key findings are: The economic crisis has provided a ‘stress test’ for many pension systems. In Sweden, the crisis triggered an automatic ‘brake’ to restore financial balance and revealed two problems with the brake’s design: it can favor workers over retirees; and it can result in large shocks for retirees. In response, t…
