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Deciding about Supplementary Pensions: A Provisional Model*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Scott A. Kerr
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Abstract

Research into the non-claiming of supplementary pensions and related means-tested benefits has indicated that there are six general cognitive factors which can be used to explain the phenomenon. However, previous research has been hindered by both conceptual and methodological problems. This paper presents the results of a feasibility study designed to construct and to determine the empirical validity of a cognitive model incorporating these six factors which would account for differential claiming. Substantive research findings are discussed as are the assumptions underlying the model.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 505 - 517
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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