Life expectancy and old age savings

Mariacristina De Nardi (), Eric French and John Bailey Jones ()

No WP-08-18, Working Paper Series from Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Abstract: Rich people, women, and healthy people live longer. We document that this heterogeneity in life expectancy is large. We use an estimated structural model to assess the impact of life expectancy variation on the elderly’s savings. We find that the differences in life expectancy related to observable factors such as health, gender, and income have large effects on savings, and that these factors contribute by similar amounts. We also show that the risk of outliving one’s expected lifespan has a large effect on the elderly’s saving behavior.

Keywords: Wealth; Retirement income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Life Expectancy and Old Age Savings (2009)
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