A Nudge to Quit? The Effect of a Change in Pension Information on Annuitization, Labour Supply, and Retirement Choices Among Older Workers
We study the effects of two exogenous modifications in the Swedish pension system application form nudging individuals towards a fixed-term payout. Meanwhile, the set of available options and the default option - life annuity - were unchanged during the period under study. We examine the effects on individuals' payout decisions and the spillover effects on labour supply and other pensions using a difference-in-difference framework and detailed administrative data on actual payout decisions and a wide range of individual-level outcomes. Each modification increased the demand for the nudged payout by around 30 percentage points. The first modification also induced individuals to work less.
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2021
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Authors: | Hagen, Johannes ; Hallberg, Daniel ; Sjögren Lindquist, Gabriella |
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Essen : Global Labor Organization (GLO) |
Subject: | annuity | pension | nudge | decision framing |
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freely available
Series: | GLO Discussion Paper ; 209 [pre.] |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 1764231767 [GVK] hdl:10419/235695 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:glodps:209pre [RePEc] |
Classification: | D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; g41 ; J26 - Retirement; Retirement Policies ; J32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions |
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