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Save More Tomorrow: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving

Richard H. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi

Year
2004
Venue
Journal of Political Economy
Level
Advanced
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Summary

Studies a retirement-savings program that lets employees commit future salary increases to higher contribution rates. The article connects present bias, inertia, commitment, and default design to the empirical evaluation of workplace savings arrangements.

Citation

Richard H. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi. "Save More Tomorrow: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving." Journal of Political Economy, 2004.

DOI: 10.1086/380085

BibTeX

@article{Thaler2004Save,
  title = {Save More Tomorrow: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving},
  author = {Richard H. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi},
  year = {2004},
  journal = {Journal of Political Economy},
  doi = {10.1086/380085},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1086/380085}
}
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