Citation
Shuey, Kim M. (2004). Worker Preferences, Spousal Coordination, and Participation in an Employer-Sponsored Pension Plan.
Research on Aging, 26(3), 287-316.
Abstract
Recent changes in the pension environment, such as the growth of defined contribution plans, place more responsibility on individuals for the accumulation of retirement resources and provide workers with an increasing array of pension-related choices and decisions. This study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine two instances where workers face such decisions—participation in an offered defined contribution plan and participation in a supplemental pension plan. The author examines the relationship between two largely unexplored predictors of pension participation—psychological motivators of saving and the influence of spouse’s behavior. Individual preferences for planning and risk and measures of spouse’s pension behavior are included in probit models predicting individual pension participation. Results reveal gender differences in the association between preferences and behavior and differences in the primary versus supplemental decision. They also suggest that spouses coordinate pension decisions and behave similarly within structural constraints.
URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027503262476Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2004
Journal Title
Research on Aging
Author(s)
Shuey, Kim M.
