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Bridging the gap in pension participation: how much can universal tax-deferred pension coverage hope to achieve?

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  • KARAMCHEVA, NADIA S.
  • SANZENBACHER, GEOFFREY

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In light of the declining pension coverage of low-income workers, policy makers have discussed requiring all employers to offer individual retirement accounts, similar to defined contribution plans. How likely to participate are workers who currently do not have access to a pension plan? We address this question by using plausibly exogenous variation in pension-plan availability to estimate the determinants of participation in a standard selection on unobservables model. We find that currently uncovered low-income workers are fairly likely to participate in a newly offered plan, yet they are much less likely to do so than currently covered workers.

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  • Karamcheva, Nadia S. & Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey, 2014. "Bridging the gap in pension participation: how much can universal tax-deferred pension coverage hope to achieve?," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(4), pages 439-459, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:13:y:2014:i:04:p:439-459_00
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    1. Anek Belbase & Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher, 2017. "Default Contribution Rates and Participation in Automatic IRAs by Uncovered Workers," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 42(3), pages 376-388, July.
    2. Ho, Anson T.Y., 2017. "Tax-deferred saving accounts: Heterogeneity and policy reforms," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 26-41.

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    JEL classification:

    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions

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