Framing Effects in an Employee Savings Scheme: A Non-Parametric Analysis

Peter Kooreman (), Bertrand Melenberg (), Henriette Prast () and Nathanaël Vellekoop
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Peter Kooreman: Tilburg University
Bertrand Melenberg: Tilburg University

No 7154, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Studies have found evidence that seemingly irrelevant details of an income component such as its label have an effect on how it is used. Using a data set with more than one million employee-month observations, we investigate the role of functional form assumptions and time aggregation in the analysis of these effects. In most cases we find evidence that marginal propensities to save differ across income components. Our analysis reveals a large degree of heterogeneity in savings behavior within the year.

Keywords: framing effects; labeling effects; employee savings; nonparametric methods; behavioral economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D91 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2013-01
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