Data and Code for: Retirement Consumption and Pension Design

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jonas Kolsrud, Linnaeus University; Camille Landais, London School of Economics; Daniel Reck, University of Maryland; Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics

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Project Citation: 

Kolsrud, Jonas, Landais, Camille, Reck, Daniel, and Spinnewijn, Johannes. Data and Code for: Retirement Consumption and Pension Design. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-12-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192685V1

Project Description

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This paper analyzes consumption to evaluate the distributional effects of pension reforms. Using Swedish administrative data, we show that on average workers who retire earlier consume less while retired and experience larger drops in consumption around retirement. Interpreted via a theoretical model, these findings imply that reforms incentivizing later retirement incur a substantial consumption-smoothing cost. Turning to other features of pension policy, we find that reforms that redistribute based on early-career labor supply would have opposite-signed redistributive effects, while differentiating on wealth may help to target pension benefits toward those who are vulnerable to larger drops in consumption around retirement.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources ERC; ERC

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Retirement; Consumption; Pension Design
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Sweden
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2000 – 2007
Universe:  View help for Universe Retired individuals in Sweden.
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