Nudging Retirement Savings: A Field Experiment on Supplemental Plans
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- 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-2017-08-27 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EXP-2017-08-27 (Experimental Economics)
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