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The role of personality traits in pension decisions: findings and policy recommendations

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  • Jiayi Balasuriya
  • Yu Yang

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Many countries need to stimulate pension participation and contribution to ensure their citizens are prepared adequately for retirement. Identifying at-risk groups with tendencies of not joining pension plans will help governments target strategies to improve pension awareness and participation. This study investigates the role of personality traits in pension decision making using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Our results demonstrate that Extraversion significantly correlates with non-participation in private pensions, including both employer run and personal pensions. Individuals who are high in Conscientiousness are more likely to participate and pay more into personal pensions. Openness to experience is negatively correlated with saving via personal pensions. Agreeableness and Extraversion correlate inversely with the amount contributed to personal plans. This paper discusses our findings in detail and offers policy implications which may help promote pension participation and ease the problem of old age poverty.

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  • Jiayi Balasuriya & Yu Yang, 2019. "The role of personality traits in pension decisions: findings and policy recommendations," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(27), pages 2901-2920, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:51:y:2019:i:27:p:2901-2920
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1563670
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    1. Firth, Chris & Stewart, Neil & Antoniou, Constantinos & Leake, David, 2023. "The effects of personality and IQ on portfolio outcomes," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
    2. Nemeczek, Fabian & Radermacher, Jan, 2022. "Personality-augmented MPC: Linking survey and transaction data to explain MPC heterogeneity by Big Five personality traits," SAFE Working Paper Series 348, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    3. Raymond Duch & Paulina Granados & Denise Laroze & Mauricio Lopez & Marian Ormeño & Ximena Quintanilla, 2021. "La Arquitectura De Elección Mejora La Selección De Pensiones," Working Papers 66, Superintendencia de Pensiones, revised Jan 2021.
    4. Vieira, Kelmara Mendes & Rosenblum, Tamara Otilia Amaral & Matheis, Taiane Keila, 2022. "And tomorrow, how will it be? Developing a Financial Preparation for Retirement Scale (FPRS)," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).

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