Saving and Spending in Retirement
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Saving and Spending in Retirement
Project Number
173
Abstract
The purpose of this survey is to learn more about household spending and saving decisions in retirement. The questionnaire consists of several questions and a vignette experiment. The survey is also administered in Australia.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
05-12-2016
End date
27-12-2016
Topics
Researcher
Arthur van Soest, Johan Bonekamp
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2018 CentERdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-24w-fe9s
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
The metadata for the variables in this study have not yet been published.
Questions
The metadata for the questions in this study have not yet been published.
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 1,611 (100%)Non-response: 429 (26.6%)
Response: 1,264 (78.5%)
Complete: 1,182 (73.4%)
Incomplete: 82 (5.1%)
Collection Events
Period
05-12-2016 to 27-12-2016
Sample
Panel members aged 50-64 who are not yet retired (if they are single) or who are part of a couple where at least one of the couple is not yet retired.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents
Publications
Bun, N. A. (2021). Personality traits, financial skills and preference parameters as drivers of preferred consumption during retirement. Tilburg University.
Bonekamp, J. (2021). Studies on labour supply, spending and saving before and after retirement. Tilburg University.
Bonekamp, J.,
et al. (2022). Evidence of behavioural life-cycle features in spending patterns after retirement. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 23, 1-13.