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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w28469 |
来源ID | Working Paper 28469 |
Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans for the People: Choices and Outcomes in OregonSaves | |
John Chalmers; Olivia S. Mitchell; Jonathan Reuter; Mingli Zhong | |
发表日期 | 2021-02-15 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Oregon recently launched an automatic-enrollment retirement savings program for private sector workers lacking access to other workplace retirement plans. We analyze participation choices, account balances, and inflow/outflow data using administrative records between August 2018 and April 2020. Within the small to mid-sized firms served by OregonSaves, estimated average after-tax earnings are low ($2,365 per month) and turnover rates are high (38.2% per year). Younger employees and employees in larger firms are less likely to opt out, but participation rates fall over time. The most common reason given for opting out is “I can’t afford to save at this time,” but the second most common is “I have my own retirement plan.” As of April 2020, 67,731 accounts had positive account balances, holding $51.1 million in total assets. The average balance is $754, but with considerable dispersion; younger workers accumulating the fewest assets due to higher job turnover. Overall, we conclude that OregonSaves has meaningfully increased employee savings by reducing search costs. The 34.3% of workers with positive account balances in April 2020 is comparable to the marginal increase in participation at larger firms in the private sector. Employees opting out of OregonSaves are often doing so for rational reasons. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Households and Firms ; Financial Economics ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Labor Compensation |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w28469 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586142 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | John Chalmers,Olivia S. Mitchell,Jonathan Reuter,et al. Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans for the People: Choices and Outcomes in OregonSaves. 2021. |
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