The Impact of Individual Investment Behavior for Retirement Welfare: Evidence from the United States and Germany



Figure 5: Welfare Losses, ∆W0 / W0, for U.S. (SCF) Data; Gender = 0 (male),
γ = 2, δ = 0.95, 0.97, or 0.99, Age = 50, Education = Middle *

delta = 0.95

Net worth


delta = 0.97

0    50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000

Net worth


delta = 0.99

Net worth

Noncapital Income

B 20,000

A 36,000

C 49,000

* Dotted vertical lines indicate age-specific quantiles for Net worth (25%, 50% and 75%); age-specific
quantiles for Labor Income are labeled by
(25%), O (50%) and V (75%).

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