How Effective are Matching Schemes in Enticing Low-income Earners to Save More for Retirement? Evidence from a National Scheme
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- Marc Chan & Cain Polidano & Ha Vu & Roger Wilkins & Andrew Carter & Hang To, 2020. "How effective are Matching Schemes in enticing low-income earners to save more for retirement? Evidence from a national scheme," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2020n27, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
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private pension; matching schemes; retirement income; aging population;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2021-01-11 (Economics of Ageing)
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