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Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects

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  • John Beshears
  • James Choi
  • David Laibson
  • Peter Maxted

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Present bias causes procrastination, which leads households to stick with auto-enrollment defaults. However, present bias also engenders overconsumption. Separation from each employer generates a rollover of 401(k) balances to an individual retirement account (IRA) that is more liquid than the 401(k) account. Households with sufficient present bias will partially or fully deplete these rollover IRAs before retirement. Present-biased agents may be whipsawed by auto-enrollment. They follow their employer's default while still employed and then spend some or all of the new savings shortly after they separate from each employer.

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  • John Beshears & James Choi & David Laibson & Peter Maxted, 2022. "Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 136-141, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:112:y:2022:p:136-41
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221020
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    1. Campbell, Daniel & Grant, Andrew & Thorp, Susan, 2022. "Reducing credit card delinquency using repayment reminders," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

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    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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