Pension Day
February 15, 2007
09.30 - 10.00 Coffee

Parallel session 1: Room TZ 6 (Tias Building)

10.00 - 10.45 Marno Verbeek, Erasmus University and Netspar
On the Use of Multi-Factor Models to Evaluate Mutual Fund Performance
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    • Discussant: Frans de Roon, Tilburg University and Tias
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    10.45 - 11.30 Enrico Perotti, University of Amsterdam and Netspar
    The Political Origins of Pension Funding
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    • Discussant: Frank de Jong, Tilburg University and Netspar
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    • Parallel session 2: Room PZ 5 (Building P)

    10.00 - 10.45 Thijs Knaap, Utrecht School of Economics and Netspar
    A General-Equilibrium Analysis of the Regional Effects of Ageing (joint paper with Martin Grotenhuis (USE))
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    • Discussant: Yvonne Adema, Tilburg University
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    10.45 - 11.30 Willem Heeringa, DNB and Netspar
    Optimal Life Cycle Investment with Pay-as-you-go Pension Schemes: a Portfolio Approach
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    • Discussant: Jiajia Cui, Tilburg University
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    11.30 - 11.45 Break

    Parallel session 1: Room TZ 6 (Tias Building)

    11.45 - 12.30 France Portrait, VU Amsterdam and Netspar
    Understanding the Role of Childhood and Adult Health in Explaining the Causality Between Early Life Conditions and Mortality at Old Ages
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    • Discussant: Christiaan Monden, Tilburg University and Netspar
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    • Parallel session 2: Room PZ 5


    11.45 - 12.30 Frederic Vermeulen, Tilburg University and Netspar
    A collective labor supply model: identification and estimation in the presence of externalities by means of panel data
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    • Discussant: Mauro Mastrogiacomo, CPB and Netspar

    12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

    Parallel session 1:Room TZ 6 (Tias Building)


    13.30 - 14.15 Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, VU Amsterdam and Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Ageing (MEA)
    The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data (joint paper with Jerome Adda and James Banks)
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    • Discussant: Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University and Netspar
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    14.15 - 15.00 Tom van Ourti, Erasmus University and Netspar
    The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality: Theory and Impirical Evidence from the European Panel(joint paper with Eddy van Doorslaer & Xander Koolman)
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    • Discussant: Rob Alessie, Utrecht Unviersity and Netspar

    Parallel session 2: Room PZ 5 (Building P)

    13.30 - 14.15 Zhen Shi, Tilburg University and Netspar - CANCELLED
    How Large Are the Costs of Short-Term Regulation on Pension Funds' Portfolio Wealth?
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    • Discussant: Marno Verbeek, Erasmus University and Netspar

    14.15 - 15.00 Johannes Binswanger, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Individual Preferences and Pension Adequacy
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    • Discussant: Paul Sengmuller, University of Amsterdam and Netspar
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    15.00 - 15.30 Break

    Room TZ 6 (Tias Building)

    15.30 - 16.15 Angel Lopez Nicolas, Pompeu Fabra and Carthagena University, Spain
    Labour and Income Effects of Care-Giving Across Europe: an Evaluation Using Matching Techniques (joint paper with David Casado Marín & Pilar García Gómez)
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    • Discussant: Petter Lundborg, VU Amsterdam and Netspar
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    16.15 - 17.00 Henriëtte Prast, DNB, Tilburg University and Netspar - CANCELLED
    Online Advice to Consumers About Life-Cycle Saving and Investing; a Comparison of the US and the Netherlands
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    • Discussant: Fred van Raaij, Tilburg University and Netspar
    17.00 - Drinks & Diner Buffet
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