Super behaviour: a note on young Australian adults’ engagement with their superannuation accounts

Anderson, Malcolm; Clark, Martin; Ramsay, Ian; and Shekhar, Chander (2017) Super behaviour: a note on young Australian adults’ engagement with their superannuation accounts. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 10 (4). pp. 58-69. ISSN 1834-2000

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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.

Item Type	Article
Keywords	superannuation,young people,fund change,voluntary contribution,behaviour,Australia
Departments	Law School
DOI	10.14453/aabfj.v10i4.5
Date Deposited	02 Feb 2017 09:57
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69185