Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts

Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts

We examine the behaviour and attitudes towards superannuation of 25-34 year old Australians. Our results suggest that they are generally uninterested in their superannuation accounts. They seldom read the information provided by their funds, rarely change their fund, and a majority of them do not ma...

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Main Authors: Malcolm Anderson, Martin Clark, Ian Ramsay, Chander Shekhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wollongong 2016-12-01
Series:Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
Subjects:
Superannuation
young people
fund change
voluntary contribution
Australia
Online Access:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol10/iss4/5
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spelling doaj-742abb903c2d47a2bde57d911b5ee6812020-11-25T00:11:23ZengUniversity of WollongongAustralasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal1834-20001834-20192016-12-01104586910.14453/aabfj.v10i4.5Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation AccountsMalcolm Anderson0Martin Clark1Ian Ramsay2Chander Shekhar3University of Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Australia; London School of Economics and Political ScienceUniversity of Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, AustraliaWe examine the behaviour and attitudes towards superannuation of 25-34 year old Australians. Our results suggest that they are generally uninterested in their superannuation accounts. They seldom read the information provided by their funds, rarely change their fund, and a majority of them do not make voluntary contributions. Overall the results suggest significant lack of interest in, and engagement and concern with issues related to their retirement planning.http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol10/iss4/5Superannuationyoung peoplefund changevoluntary contributionAustralia
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Martin Clark
Ian Ramsay
Chander Shekhar
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Martin Clark
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Chander Shekhar
Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
Superannuation
young people
fund change
voluntary contribution
Australia
author_facet Malcolm Anderson
Martin Clark
Ian Ramsay
Chander Shekhar
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title Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
title_short Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
title_full Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
title_fullStr Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
title_full_unstemmed Super Behaviour: A Note on Young Australian Adults’ Engagement With Their Superannuation Accounts
title_sort super behaviour: a note on young australian adults’ engagement with their superannuation accounts
publisher University of Wollongong
series Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
issn 1834-2000
1834-2019
publishDate 2016-12-01
description We examine the behaviour and attitudes towards superannuation of 25-34 year old Australians. Our results suggest that they are generally uninterested in their superannuation accounts. They seldom read the information provided by their funds, rarely change their fund, and a majority of them do not make voluntary contributions. Overall the results suggest significant lack of interest in, and engagement and concern with issues related to their retirement planning.
topic Superannuation
young people
fund change
voluntary contribution
Australia
url http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol10/iss4/5
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