Projection of retirement adequacy using wealth-need ratio: A case study in Malaysia

Adequacy of retirement income is very important to maintain a comfortable living standard during retirement.Under a life cycle model, assets are mainly accumulated during an individual’s work life to finance consumption after retirement.A generally accepted goal of retirement planning is to provide...

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Main Authors: Alaudin, Ros Idayuwati, Ismail, Noriszura, Isa, Zaidi
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2015
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description Adequacy of retirement income is very important to maintain a comfortable living standard during retirement.Under a life cycle model, assets are mainly accumulated during an individual’s work life to finance consumption after retirement.A generally accepted goal of retirement planning is to provide enough income during retirement to prevent the level of living from dropping much below the pre-retirement level.Retirement wealth can be defined as adequate if the total retirement income is equal or greater than the desired total retirement consumption (or needs).In this study, retirement adequacy is projected using the Malaysian Household Income Survey (HIS) 2009 data which is based on 5881 sample of households and contains information on income, demographic and socioeconomic status of each household.Besides the projection of retirement adequacy, a regression of the ratio of projected wealth to needs (or wealth-needs ratio) is performed to investigate the demographic and socioeconomic determinants of retirement adequacy in Malaysia.The results show that 69% of households in Malaysia are adequately prepared for retirement.
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spelling uum-187442016-10-04T06:34:18Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/18744/ Projection of retirement adequacy using wealth-need ratio: A case study in Malaysia Alaudin, Ros Idayuwati Ismail, Noriszura Isa, Zaidi QA Mathematics Adequacy of retirement income is very important to maintain a comfortable living standard during retirement.Under a life cycle model, assets are mainly accumulated during an individual’s work life to finance consumption after retirement.A generally accepted goal of retirement planning is to provide enough income during retirement to prevent the level of living from dropping much below the pre-retirement level.Retirement wealth can be defined as adequate if the total retirement income is equal or greater than the desired total retirement consumption (or needs).In this study, retirement adequacy is projected using the Malaysian Household Income Survey (HIS) 2009 data which is based on 5881 sample of households and contains information on income, demographic and socioeconomic status of each household.Besides the projection of retirement adequacy, a regression of the ratio of projected wealth to needs (or wealth-needs ratio) is performed to investigate the demographic and socioeconomic determinants of retirement adequacy in Malaysia.The results show that 69% of households in Malaysia are adequately prepared for retirement. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Alaudin, Ros Idayuwati and Ismail, Noriszura and Isa, Zaidi (2015) Projection of retirement adequacy using wealth-need ratio: A case study in Malaysia. In: 2nd ISM International Statistical Conference 2014 (ISM-II), 12–14 August 2014, Pahang, Malaysia. http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4907438 doi:10.1063/1.4907438 doi:10.1063/1.4907438
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