A comparison of pension-relevant preferences, traits, skills, and attitudes between the Dutch self-employed and employees in the Netherlands

The group of self-employed persons in the Netherlands is diverse and growing. In this paper, we report on a large survey, including incentivized experiments, among the Dutch working population (N=4,282) to analyze important pension-relevant preferences, traits, skills, and attitudes of the self-employed compared to employees. Our data contain a rich set of measures, including economic preferences, social preferences, personality traits, cognitive skills, financial skills, financial well-being, and attitudes toward pension saving. Data from the survey are enriched with demographic and socio-eco... Mehr ...