Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives

Abstract

Examines the effectiveness of incentives to promote household saving in the United States. Individual retirement accounts; 401(k) plans; Cost-benefit approach to saving incentives; Welfare-theoretic approach to saving incentives.

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard and Jonathan Skinner

Format: Journal Article

Publication Date: January 1, 1996

Journal: Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Hubbard, R. Glenn and Jonathan Skinner. “Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives.”

Journal of Economic Perspectives

vol. 10, (January 01, 1996): 73-90.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives

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