Savings, Portfolio Choice, and Retirement Expectations.
dc.contributor.author | van Soest, Arthur | |
dc.contributor.author | Kapteyn, Arie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-14T18:01:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-02-14T18:01:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49420 | |
dc.description.abstract | Studying household investment behavior is essential for understanding the full consequences of old age social security benefits. Using data from six waves of the Health and Retirement Study, we analyze the dynamics of portfolio composition before respondents start claiming social security benefits. We consider ownership as well as amounts held of several types of assets and debts. Using panel data censored regression models, portfolio adjustment is explained on the basis of demographics like gender, race, and year of birth, education level, household income, and perceived social security entitlements. We find that expectations of old age social security benefits have little effect on portfolio decisions, although there is some evidence that higher expected social security benefits lead to more risky financial investments, particularly in IRAs. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Social Security Administration | en |
dc.format.extent | 283816 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Michigan Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | WP 2006-119 | en |
dc.title | Savings, Portfolio Choice, and Retirement Expectations. | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Population and Demography | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan Retirement Research Center | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute for Social Research | |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | RAND | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Tilburg University | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49420/1/wp119.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Retirement and Disability Research Center, Michigan (MRDRC) |
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