Simplifying Choices in Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Design
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JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2016-03-23 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-MAC-2016-03-23 (Macroeconomics)
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