Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265410 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 22-037
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
Financial literacy affects wealth accumulation, and pension planning plays a key role in this relationship. In a large field experiment, we employ a digital pension aggregation tool to confront a treatment group with a simplified overview of their current pension claims across all pillars of the pension system. We combine survey and administrative bank data to measure the effects on actual saving behavior. Access to the tool decreases pension uncertainty for treated individuals. Average savings increasespecially for the financially less literate. We conclude that simplification of pension information can potentially reduce disparities in pension planning and savings behavior.
Subjects: 
saving behavior
retirement planning
digital planning tool
JEL: 
D14
G11
G51
G53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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