ArticleThe Journal of finance2015
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions.
Article in The Journal of finance, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Nudging: Progress to date and future directions.Organizational behavior and human decision processes · 2020Article
- Leaving Money on the Table? Suboptimal Enrollment in the New Social Pension Program in China.Journal of the economics of ageing · 2020Article
- Financial Socialization, Childhood Experiences and Financial Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Locus of Control.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Water demand management: Visualising a public good.PloS one · 2020Article
- When in Doubt, Follow the Crowd? Responsiveness to Social Proof Nudges in the Absence of Clear Preferences.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Norm compliance affects perceptual decisions through modulation of a starting point bias.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
- Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions.Journal of public economics · 2017Article
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- Feedback and efficient behavior.PloS one · 2017Article
- APPLYING INSIGHTS FROM BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO POLICY DESIGN.Annual review of economics · 2014Article
- SAVINGS BY AND FOR THE POOR: A RESEARCH REVIEW AND AGENDA.The Review of income and wealth · 2014Article
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Abstract
Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received simplified plan enrollment or contribution increase forms. A randomized subset of forms stated the fraction of age-matched coworkers participating in the plan or age-matched participants contributing at least 6% of pay to the plan. We document an oppositional reaction: the presence of peer information
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