Effects of an Individual Development Account Program on Retirement Saving: Follow-up Evidence From a Randomized Experiment

  • Michal Grinstein-Weiss
  • , Michael Sherraden
  • , William G. Gale
  • , William M. Rohe
  • , Mark Schreiner
  • , Clinton Key
  • , Jane E. Oliphant

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Abstract

We examine the 10-year follow-up effects on retirement saving of an individual development account (IDA) program using data from a randomized experiment that ran from 1998 to 2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The IDA program included financial education, encouragement to save, and matching funds for several qualified uses of the saving, including contributions to retirement accounts. The results indicate that as of 2009, 6 years after the program ended, the IDA program had no impact on the propensity to hold a retirement account, the account balance, or the sufficiency of retirement balances to meet retirement expenses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)572-589
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Gerontological Social Work
Volume58
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Asset effects
  • Individual Development Account (IDA)
  • low-income households
  • retirement
  • savings

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Nursing (miscellaneous)

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