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Article: Age of decision: Pension savings withdrawal and consumption and debt response
Title | Age of decision: Pension savings withdrawal and consumption and debt response |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Aging Banks Consumption Credit cards Credit constraints Debt Discretionary spending Durable goods Household finance Liquidity constraints Loans Pension savings Spending |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Citation | Management Science, 2020, v. 66, n. 1, p. 43-69 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper exploits an administrative regulation in Singapore that allows individuals to withdraw between 10% and 30% of their pension savings at age 55. We find a large and highly significant increase in individuals' bank account balances within the first month of turning 55, which declines by about a third by the end of 12 months. Consumers use the increase in disposable income to pay down credit card debt. Liquidity constrained individuals are significantly more likely to increase their spending upon turning 55 than unconstrained individuals - nonetheless, the spending response of constrained individuals is concentrated on nondurable and nonvisible goods rather than visible goods. We also provide evidence that withdrawal behavior is responsive to the prices of durable goods such as cars. Consumers appear willing to forego much higher interest rates in their retirement accounts by leaving a sizeable portion of their withdrawn savings in a lowinterest accruing bank account for at least a year after withdrawal. We show that, for some consumers, part of this behavior may be due to the desire to invest in the property market when housing returns are high. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309259 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 5.438 |
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dc.contributor.author | Agarwal, Sumit | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pan, Jessica | - |
dc.contributor.author | Qian, Wenlan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-15T03:59:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-15T03:59:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Management Science, 2020, v. 66, n. 1, p. 43-69 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-1909 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309259 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper exploits an administrative regulation in Singapore that allows individuals to withdraw between 10% and 30% of their pension savings at age 55. We find a large and highly significant increase in individuals' bank account balances within the first month of turning 55, which declines by about a third by the end of 12 months. Consumers use the increase in disposable income to pay down credit card debt. Liquidity constrained individuals are significantly more likely to increase their spending upon turning 55 than unconstrained individuals - nonetheless, the spending response of constrained individuals is concentrated on nondurable and nonvisible goods rather than visible goods. We also provide evidence that withdrawal behavior is responsive to the prices of durable goods such as cars. Consumers appear willing to forego much higher interest rates in their retirement accounts by leaving a sizeable portion of their withdrawn savings in a lowinterest accruing bank account for at least a year after withdrawal. We show that, for some consumers, part of this behavior may be due to the desire to invest in the property market when housing returns are high. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Management Science | - |
dc.subject | Aging | - |
dc.subject | Banks | - |
dc.subject | Consumption | - |
dc.subject | Credit cards | - |
dc.subject | Credit constraints | - |
dc.subject | Debt | - |
dc.subject | Discretionary spending | - |
dc.subject | Durable goods | - |
dc.subject | Household finance | - |
dc.subject | Liquidity constraints | - |
dc.subject | Loans | - |
dc.subject | Pension savings | - |
dc.subject | Spending | - |
dc.title | Age of decision: Pension savings withdrawal and consumption and debt response | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1287/mnsc.2018.3148 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85078915956 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 66 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 43 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 69 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1526-5501 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000507342700004 | - |