Although increasing plan generosity and enhancing plan communication can significantly boost employees' appreciation of their retirement programs, there is a tradeoff to consider.
Again we find that greater plan generosity and more effective communication are associated with higher levels of plan appreciation.
Raising plan generosity also boosts employees' appreciation of their retirement program but its effect is more modest.
Moreover, during the 1980s transfer programmes were relatively stable, indicating that their relative generosity was in some sort of equilibrium before the crisis.
We refrain from hasty conclusions about the greater generosity and lesser dependency needs of women, but clearly these gender differences invite greater scrutiny.
It is more consistent with human dignity for us to satisfy our wants through the market than through pre-market relations of generosity, patronage and dependence.
No one should be pinche (stingy) and one should never take advantage of someone else's generosity.
Assistance to hosts is a way of compensating families for their generosity.