Pensions may be provided for in a modern society by a mix of several methods, namely by voluntary individual savings … workers decide on their own individual savings, that the fully-funded occupational system is decided upon by the age cohort of … pension savings are the only sources of capital supply. When capital supply equals demand from industry there is equilibrium …

borrowing more that too at a rate higher than offered by pension savings, their life-time utility increases. …

privatization effects on savings in Eastern Europe, with limited evidence of positive savings effects in Latin America. These …

were interviewed to assess their knowledge about pensions and financial issues and about their own savings and personal …

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … these letters on the behavior of individuals. We find an increase in tax-deductible private retirement savings and provide … evidence that this is not due to a crowding-out of other forms of savings. We also show that labor earnings, i.e. the most …