Foster, L. (2015) Young people and attitudes towards pension planning. Social Policy and Society. ISSN 1475-3073
Abstract
There has been much concern about people not saving enough for retirement in the UK and how to encourage further saving. This has led to pension policy developments, including the introduction of auto-enrolment, a form of ‘soft’ compulsion, to ‘nudge’ people to save. Given that young working age cohorts have longest to contribute to pensions and have traditionally been least likely to save for retirement, it is important to investigate their attitudes and expectations in relation to pensions and the potential effects of auto-enrolment on their future retirement income. This study utilises the findings of thirty interviews with young people aged eighteen to thirty about their opportunities and attitudes towards pensions, and identifies a variety of factors which affect pension contributions, including knowledge and advice, trust and myopia. It then focuses explicitly on auto-enrolment before concluding that if auto-enrolment is to succeed, people need to be reassured beyond doubt that it ‘pays to save’.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press 2015. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Policy and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Pensions; attitudes; auto-enrolment; financial education; knowledge |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2015 14:23 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2018 21:44 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746415000627 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1474746415000627 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90447 |