ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Developmental Environments Shape Retirement Savings Contributions

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Lifespan Development

  • Morten Holm
    Copenhagen Business School
  • Daniel Kruger
    University of Michigan

Abstract

We hypothesize that individuals who grew up in adverse rearing environments may develop higher temporal discounting preferences and therefore save less for retirement than individuals who were raised in more nurturing environments.

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