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Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners

A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Douglas A. Hershey

Oklahoma State University, douglas.hershey{at}okstate.edu

Kène Henkens

Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

Hendrik P. Van Dalen

NIDI; Erasmus University Rotterdam; and Tinbergen Institute

This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25 to 64 years of age. Analyses were designed to (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were related to planning tendencies and (b) develop culture-specific path analysis models to identify the mechanisms that underlie perceived financial preparedness for retirement. Findings revealed striking differences across countries not only among structural variables predictive of key psychological and retirement planning constructs, but also in the robustness of the path models. These findings suggest policy analysts should take into account both individual and cultural differences in the psychological predispositions of workers when considering pension reforms that stress individual responsibility for planning and saving.

Key Words: retirement • financial planning • psychology • saving • cross-cultural

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 3, 361-382 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107300280
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