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Synthesis Report: Behavioral Finance Synthesis: Findings
Topic Area: Behavioral Finance: Retirement
Findings:
People have relatively limited knowledge about saving for retirement and can be induced to save more when provided with additional information.
Making retirement more salient, by having people think of themselves in retirement or providing a target retirement date, can increase intentions to save and alter investment choices.
People can become overwhelmed by the number of investment options they face; when this occurs, they tend to use simple rules to make decisions.
- Dyrbye, L. N., Shanafelt, T. D., Gill, P. R., Satele, D. V., & West, C. P. (2019). Effect of a professional coaching intervention on the well-being and distress of physicians: A pilot randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(10), 1406–1414.
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: - Kossek, E. E., Thompson, R. J., Lawson, K. M., Bodner, T., Perrigino, M. B., Hammer, L. B., Buxton, O. M., Almeida, D. M., Moen, P., Hurtado, D. A., Wipfli, B., Berkman, L. F., & Bray, J. W. (2019). Caring for the elderly at work and home: Can a randomized organizational intervention improve psychological health? Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(1), 36–54. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000104
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Coffman, L. C., Conlon, J. J., Featherstone, C. R., & Kessler, J. B. (2019). Liquidity affects job choice: Evidence from Teach For America. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(4), 2203–2236. doi:10.1093/qje/qj018 [Control group v. Treatment group (additional loan)]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: - Coffman, L. C., Conlon, J. J., Featherstone, C. R., & Kessler, J. B. (2019). Liquidity affects job choice: Evidence from Teach For America. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(4), 2203–2236. doi:10.1093/qje/qj018 [Control group v. Treatment group (additional grant award)]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: Moulton, J. G., Diebold, J. C., & Scott, J. C. (2017). The impact of Medicare Part D on self-employment. Research on Aging, 39(1), 64-85.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Neumark, D., Song, J., & Button, P. (2017). Does protecting older workers from discrimination make it harder to get hired? Evidence from disability discrimination laws. Research on Aging, 39(1), 29-63.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Camilleri, S. E. (2017). The effect of the Affordable Care Act on labor transitions among older workers. In Three papers on the Affordable Care Act (Doctoral dissertation). North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Armour, P., & Lovenheim, M. F. (2016). The effect of Social Security information on the labor supply and savings of older Americans. (Working paper no. 361). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Moen, P., Kojola, E., Kelly, E.L., & Karakaya, Y. (2016). Men and women expecting to work longer: Do changing work conditions matter? Work, Aging and Retirement, 2(3), 321-344.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:
