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Financial incentives for delaying the public pension claiming age

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  • Kitamura, Tomoki
  • Nakashima, Kunio

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We investigate whether financial incentives can prompt senior workers to delay claiming public pension benefits in Japan. We explore two types of incentives: increasing public pension benefits beyond actuarial adjustments and offering discounts on investments for short-term personal insurance products that provide a stable cash flow until the pension-claiming age. Utilizing choice experiments conducted through an original internet survey of Japanese employees, we demonstrate that these incentives effectively increase the pension-claiming age. Specifically, a 1.2 % increase in pension benefits or a 19.4 % additional yield on short-term personal insurance is necessary to delay claiming by one year on average. Moreover, incentives for insurance products are more cost-effective for the government. Our findings also reveal significant heterogeneity in financial incentive preferences among individuals, influenced by factors such as survival probabilities, trust in public pensions, and socioeconomic status.

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  • Kitamura, Tomoki & Nakashima, Kunio, 2025. "Financial incentives for delaying the public pension claiming age," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:beexfi:v:45:y:2025:i:c:s2214635024001242
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbef.2024.101009
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    Keywords

    Public pension; Retirement planning; Pension deferral strategies; Financial incentives in retirement; Choice experiment; Willingness to accept;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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