How Does Income and Financial Satisfaction Change with Retirement? Insights from Swiss Panel Data

31 Pages Posted: 18 Feb 2021

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Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ

Heinz Zimmermann

University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

Date Written: January 6, 2021

Abstract

We analyze the change in income on retirement on a person-by-person basis using Swiss household panel data, and the financial satisfaction associated with that change. Our results indicate that self-employed individuals exhibit a statistically significant higher income-ratio and improvement in financial satisfaction than employees. Moreover, persons with a higher absolute income during their active years exhibit a significantly lower income-ratio. Additionally, persons in the supra-mandatory tier of the system are less satisfied with their financial situation after retirement. Overall, the current system benefits persons in the middle-income range with a working income within the highly regulated part of the system.

Keywords: Retirement income, pension system, financial satisfaction, pension regulation

JEL Classification: G23, I31, J14, J26, J32

Suggested Citation

Seiler Zimmermann, Yvonne and Zimmermann, Heinz, How Does Income and Financial Satisfaction Change with Retirement? Insights from Swiss Panel Data (January 6, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3759740 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3759740

Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ ( email )

Campus Zug Rotkreuz
Suurstoffi 1
Rotkreuz, CH-6343
Switzerland

Heinz Zimmermann (Contact Author)

University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics ( email )

Peter Merian Weg 6
Basel, 4002
Switzerland
+41 61 267 33 16 (Phone)
+41 61 267 08 98 (Fax)

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