Improving Pension Information: Experimental Evidence on Learning using Online Resources

Denise Laroze, Gabriela Fajardo, Charles Noussair, Ximena Quintanilla, Paulina Granados Zambrano, Pedro Vallette and Mauricio Lopez-Tapia

No 2024-06, Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series from Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Abstract: Deciding what to do with one's pension funds is a high-stakes, one-shot decision. Retirement schemes are often described in technical jargon that few people understand. We consider whether the learning process can be eased by providing information in video format (vs. the standard textual format) and by changes to the user interface of the websites on which individuals learn about their pension options. The results of both a field experiment with 50 to 70-year-old participants and a laboratory experiment with university students both suggest that videos are significantly and substantively more effective in increasing the number of correct responses to a retirement comprehension test. The significance of this effect is robust to changes in the content of the videos, with equivalent impact in private and public pension schemes. The study is conducted in association with the Chilean pension authority (Superintendencia de Pensiones) and experts from the National Social Security Organization of Chile (Instituto de Previsión Social).

Keywords: Choice Architecture; Financial Literacy; Retirement Decisions; User Interface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51
Date: 2024-03
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