Prendere il pagamento della pensione come somma forfettaria vs. come rendita mensile
Se agisci
Prendere il capitale in un'unica soluzione
31%
Se non agisci
Prendere la rendita mensile
9,0%
Percentuale di chi poi rimpiange ciascuna scelta. Le barre e il registro completo dei dati compaiono sotto.
Finanza
Ultima revisione 2026-05-13
Qualità delle prove 4.38/5
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D1 Verifica delle fonti
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D2 Autorità e indipendenza delle fonti
5/5
D3 Precisione del tasso di rimpianto
5/5
D4 Comparabilità delle fonti
4/5
D5 Schema di Gilovich
4/5
D6 Qualità della prosa
3/5
D7 Completezza degli avvertimenti
5/5
D8 Qualità del campione
5/5
Media4.38/5
Dati proxy — non esiste alcun sondaggio diretto sul rimpianto per questa decisione. I tassi sono derivati da punteggi di soddisfazione e dati sulle barriere di accesso piuttosto che da domande che chiedevano direttamente del rimpianto. Vedi avvertenze di seguito.
Rimpianto per azione
Prendere il capitale in un'unica soluzione
31%
Il 31% dei destinatari di una somma forfettaria che hanno fatto acquisti importanti rimpiange la decisione
Pensionati statunitensi che hanno scelto un pagamento pensionistico in somma forfettaria (indagine MetLife Paycheck o Pot of Gold)
indagine retrospettiva, anni variabili post-pensione
Rimpianto per inazione
Prendere la rendita mensile
9,0%
Il rammarico per la rendita è basso e raramente rilevato in modo diretto; in uno studio statunitense solo il ~9% degli adulti anziani rimpiangeva di dipendere dagli altri, e molti più rimpiangono di NON avere un reddito vitalizio rispetto a quanti rimpiangono di averlo (proxy)
Pensionati statunitensi che ricevono pagamenti di rendita pensionistica a beneficio definito (EBRI 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey)
indagine corrente, trasversale
% rimpiange questa scelta
Prendere il capitale in un'unica soluzionePrendere la rendita mensile
31%9,0%
action dominates — L'azione domina — la maggior parte si pente di aver agito.
Decisioni correlate
Decisioni semanticamente simili — stesso terreno, compromessi diversi.
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61%92%
L'inazione prevale
Rimpianto per l'inazione 1.5× maggiore
The lump-sum vs. annuity decision is one of the most consequential and irreversible financial choices a retiree faces, and the evidence is lopsided in a way the surveys rarely state plainly: lump-sum regret is measured and substantial, while annuity regret is barely surveyed at all. MetLife’s 2017 Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study (conducted by Harris Poll, reported by PLANADVISER) found that 31% of lump-sum recipients who made major purchases regretted the spending in hindsight, 21% of all lump-sum recipients said they had depleted the payout in an average of five and a half years, and 52% conceded an annuity would have made their budget more predictable. There is no comparable survey of annuity holders regretting their annuity. The closest peer-reviewed evidence — Hurwitz and Mitchell’s 2025 Health and Retirement Study experiment (N=1,764) — runs the other way: about 26% of older adults regretted NOT annuitizing and only ~9% regretted depending on others, and informing people of their objective survival odds raised regret about not buying lifetime income by 42%. Gallup’s 2022 survey of individual annuity owners likewise finds high satisfaction. The annuity-side rate shown here (9%) is therefore a low proxy, not a measured annuity-holder regret rate.
The failure modes are structurally different. Lump-sum regret is primarily behavioural: the money was spent faster than expected, often on large discretionary purchases, gifts to family members, or home improvements, leaving retirees without a reliable income floor later in retirement. Annuity regret is primarily structural: the income is guaranteed but inflexible, does not pass to heirs on the holder’s death, and carries longevity risk on the wrong side — an individual who dies within 10 to 12 years of beginning payments will typically have received less in total than the lump-sum equivalent. Post-2021 inflation highlighted a further structural weakness: fixed nominal annuities erode in purchasing power during inflationary periods, while invested lump sums can be inflation-hedged. EBRI’s Retirement Confidence Survey data shows that retirees with guaranteed income sources report higher retirement confidence and lower financial stress than those relying on account drawdowns — which is why the annuity choice, despite its structural downsides, is not associated with a high measured regret rate.
The action-dominates classification reflects that the only directly measured regret here is on the lump-sum side (about 31% among major spenders), while the annuity side has no comparable direct-regret survey and the related evidence points to low regret — so the headline gap (roughly 22 percentage points) should be read as directional rather than precise, since the two sides rest on different and partly proxy-based instruments. The meta-lesson from both bodies of data is that the decision becomes high-regret when made without modelling the specific failure scenario most relevant to the individual. For people with poor spending discipline, limited other assets, or high concern about outliving savings, the annuity more reliably avoids regret. For people with strong estate-planning motives, high likelihood of early mortality, or other reliable income streams, the lump sum avoids the annuity’s inflexibility regret. No single answer dominates across all personal circumstances.
Fonti: azione
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[1]PLANADVISER — Lump-Sum Spending Often Followed by Regret (MetLife Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study)
Verificato
Articolo di cronaca
31% of lump-sum recipients with major spending regret it in hindsight; 21% who took a lump sum say they depleted it in five and a half years on average; 52% concede an annuity would have made their budget more predictable; 23% who gave money away regret it
Estratto
“"Roughly one-third (31%) of those with major spending regret their spending in hindsight. A striking 21% of all participants who selected a lump sum at some point say they depleted it—taking just five and a half years on average to spend the dough. Fifty-two percent of participants who chose a lump sum concede that, if they had taken an annuity, their budget would be more predictable. 23% who gave money away lament their generosity."
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Dati originali da
2017-04-11
Consultato
2026-06-30
Verifica
Estratto recuperato in modo indipendente e confermato parola per parola rispetto alla fonte citata durante il nostro audit di attendibilità.
Calcolo
Trade-press coverage (PLANADVISER, 11 Apr 2017) of MetLife's 2017 Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study, an online survey of ~1,000 US defined-benefit and defined-contribution plan participants conducted by The Harris Poll for MetLife. The 31% action-side regret rate is the share of lump-sum recipients with major spending who regret it in hindsight; the 21% depletion-in-5.5-years and 52% budget-predictability figures are supporting indicators. MetLife is a financial services company with a commercial interest in annuity products, so the survey may be biased toward surfacing lump-sum downsides; the EBRI source below corroborates the direction. Replaces a dead MetLife survey URL whose page now serves only the 2026 study edition (different figures: ~4.4-year depletion). Classified news_article; the EBRI primary_study on this side carries the authoritative weight.
[2]Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) — 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey Short Report
Studio primario
Retirees who did not have guaranteed income sources (annuities, pensions) reported significantly lower retirement confidence and higher financial stress than those with monthly income guarantees
Estratto
“"The 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey found that retirees with guaranteed income sources — including annuities and defined-benefit pensions — reported significantly higher retirement confidence and lower financial stress than those relying primarily on defined-contribution account drawdowns. Among retirees without any guaranteed income, concern about outliving savings was the leading source of financial anxiety, reported by a majority of respondents. Retirees who had converted retirement savings to guaranteed income streams reported substantially fewer concerns about day-to-day budgeting."
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Dati originali da
2023-04-01
Consultato
2026-05-13
Calcolo
EBRI 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey — annual nationally representative survey of US workers and retirees. Used as corroborating context for the lump-sum regret finding: the absence of guaranteed income (the consequence of taking a lump sum and spending it) is associated with significantly higher retirement financial stress. Does not directly measure lump-sum regret; supports the direction of the MetLife finding.
Fonti: inazione
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[1]National Bureau of Economic Research / Journal of Risk and Insurance — Financial Regret at Older Ages and Longevity Awareness
Verificato
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Articolo peer-reviewed
In a Health and Retirement Study experiment (N=1,764, age 50+), regret about retirement finances ran toward NOT securing lifetime income: informing people of objective survival odds raised regret about not buying lifetime income by 42%; 26% regretted not annuitizing while only 9% regretted depending on others — there is no comparable survey of annuity holders regretting having annuitized
Estratto
“"Many older people express regret about undersaving; here, we extend prior work by reporting regret about five other critical financial topics. Using the Health and Retirement Study, we first show that older people who regret past financial decisions differ significantly from those who do not. Second, in an experiment, we demonstrate that informing people about objective survival probabilities increases regret about not buying lifetime income by 42% overall, and by more among the high income or those in good health."
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Dati originali da
2025-01-01
Consultato
2026-06-30
Verifica
Estratto recuperato in modo indipendente e confermato parola per parola rispetto alla fonte citata durante il nostro audit di attendibilità.
Calcolo
Hurwitz & Mitchell (NBER WP 30696, 2022; published Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2025), a randomised experiment embedded in the Health and Retirement Study, N=1,764 US respondents age 50+. The paper's per-topic regret tallies run the opposite direction from an "annuity regret" rate: roughly 52% regretted undersaving, ~26% regretted NOT annuitizing, 19% regretted claiming Social Security early, and only ~9% regretted depending on others. No published survey directly measures the share of annuity holders who regret having annuitized; Gallup's 2022 survey of individual annuity owners instead finds high satisfaction (most still hold the contract, citing peace of mind). The inaction-side rate is therefore a PROXY (proxy_only: true): it is set low (0.09) to reflect that documented direct annuity-holder regret is small and runs counter to the lump-sum side, not a measured "X% of annuitants regret it" figure. Replaces a fabricated EBRI 27%/73% liquidity-regret statistic that does not appear in the 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey.
[2]Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) — 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey Short Report
Studio primario
EBRI's Retirement Confidence Survey finds retirees with guaranteed income (annuities, defined-benefit pensions) report higher retirement confidence and lower financial stress than those relying on account drawdowns — i.e. the annuity choice tends to reduce, not generate, the headline regret vector
Estratto
“"Retirement confidence is closely tied to expectations of guaranteed income. Retirees who have a defined benefit or traditional pension plan are far more likely to feel confident about various aspects of retirement than those who do not, and they are more likely to report being able to live the kind of life they want in retirement."
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Dati originali da
2023-04-01
Consultato
2026-06-30
Calcolo
EBRI 2023 Retirement Confidence Survey (annual, nationally representative survey of US workers and retirees). Used as corroborating context for the LOW inaction-side proxy rate: guaranteed income (the consequence of taking the annuity) is associated with higher confidence and lower financial stress, the opposite of a high regret signal. EBRI is an independent non-partisan research organisation with no commercial stake in annuity products. Does not contain any annuity-holder liquidity-regret prevalence figure; the prior fabricated 27%/73% statistic has been removed.
Avvertenze
I due lati NON sono misurati con uno strumento comune, e l'asimmetria è il risultato centrale, onesto. Il lato azione (somma forfettaria) si basa sul Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study del 2017 di MetLife (Harris Poll), riportato qui tramite PLANADVISER: il 31% dei destinatari di una somma forfettaria che hanno fatto una spesa importante la rimpiange col senno di poi. MetLife vende rendite, quindi il sondaggio potrebbe sovra-esporre gli svantaggi della somma forfettaria; il 31% è la quota tra coloro che hanno fatto acquisti importanti, non l'intera distribuzione dei destinatari di una somma forfettaria. Il lato inazione (rendita) NON ha alcun sondaggio diretto sul rammarico: non esiste un dato pubblicato del tipo "il X% dei titolari di una rendita rimpiange di aver optato per la rendita". Le prove disponibili sottoposte a peer review (Hurwitz & Mitchell 2025, Health and Retirement Study, N=1.764) vanno nella direzione opposta — circa il 26% rimpiange di NON aver optato per la rendita e solo il ~9% rimpiange di dipendere dagli altri — e il sondaggio Gallup 2022 sui possessori rileva un'elevata soddisfazione. Il tasso del lato inazione (0,09) è quindi un PROXY, fissato basso per riflettere il fatto che il rammarico documentato dei titolari di rendita è piccolo, non un tasso misurato; proxy_only è impostato su true. Gli svantaggi strutturali della rendita sono reali ma non rilevati da sondaggi sul rammarico: il punto di pareggio dipende dall'età, dal tasso di sconto e dalla longevità — chi muore entro ~10-12 anni dal pensionamento avrebbe fatto meglio dal punto di vista finanziario con la somma forfettaria — e le rendite nominali fisse perdono potere d'acquisto nei periodi di alta inflazione (come si è visto dopo il 2021), mentre le somme forfettarie investite possono essere protette dall'inflazione. Le pensioni indicizzate/adeguate al costo della vita (COLA) affrontano in parte questo problema ma sono meno comuni nei piani privati. Tratta il delta complessivo come indicativo, non preciso, date le prove disallineate e in parte basate su proxy.
