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Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt
Does automatic enrollment into a retirement plan increase financial distress due to increased borrowing outside the plan? We study a natural experiment created when the U.S. Army began automatically enrolling newly hired civilian employees into the Thrift Savings Plan. Four years after hire, automatic enrollmentincreases cumulative contributions to the plan by 4.1% of annual salary, but we find little evidence ofincreased financial distress. Automatic enrollment causes no significant change in credit scores, debt balances excluding auto debt and first mortgages, or adverse credit outcomes, with the possible exception of increasedfirst-mortgage balances in foreclosure.
Call Number | Location | Available |
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PSB lt.dasar - Pascasarjana (Koleksi Majalah) | 1 |
Penerbit | USA The American Finance Association., 2022 |
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Edisi | Volume 77, Issue 1, February 2022, Pages 403-447 |
Subjek | Financial distress Retirement plans Automatic Enrollment |
ISBN/ISSN | 1540-6261 |
Klasifikasi | NONE |
Deskripsi Fisik | First published : 19 July 2021 |
Info Detail Spesifik | The Journal of Finance |
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