Optimal Savings for Retirement : The Role of Individual Accounts

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2015
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Le Blanc, Julia
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Working Paper Series / Department of Economics; 2015-10
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We employ a life-cycle model with income risk to analyze how tax-deferred individual accounts affect households' savings for retirement. We consider voluntary accounts as opposed to mandatory accounts with minimum contribution rates. We contrast add-on accounts with carve-out accounts that partly replace social security contributions. Quantitative results suggest that making add-on accounts mandatory has adverse welfare effects across income groups. Carve-out accounts generate positive welfare across all income groups but gains are lower for low income earners. Default investment rules in individual accounts have a modest impact on welfare.
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ISO 690LE BLANC, Julia, Almuth SCHOLL, 2015. Optimal Savings for Retirement : The Role of Individual Accounts
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