Tag: financing retirement
The brief’s key findings are: Defaults, such as 401(k) auto-enrollment, have encouraged people to adopt behaviors that align with their intentions. Researchers have begun to explore what happens when the default may not align with intentions. A new experiment tested whether defaults could encourage low-income tax filers to invest about 10 percent of their refunds…
Abstract Many employers match employee contributions to 401(k) plans. However, the employer cost of continuing this practice may increase rapidly as trends towards automatic enrollment boost employee participation. This paper examines the relationship between employer matching behavior and automatic enrollment. Using a sample of large 401(k) plans, we find that match rates are about 7…
