Spring naar content

International Pension Workshop

The international pension workshop took place at the Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam. The workshop consisted of contributed paper sessions and invited talks. Keynote speakers were Alex Michaelides (Imperial College London) and Prof. Dr. John Laitner (University of Michigan).

Session Longevity 
Chairman: Michael Kisser

A multivariate model of strategic asset allocation with longevity risk

Claudio Tebaldi (Bocconi University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Bertrand Melenberg (Tilburg University)
Presentation

Die young or live long: modeling subjective survival probabilities

Susan Thorp (University of Technology Sydney)
Paper
Presentation

Session Retirement 1 
Chairman: Tabea Bucher – Koenen 

Joint retirement in Europe

Aureo de Paula (University College London)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Stefan Hochguertel (VU Amsterdam)
Presentation

Home production and retirement in couples: a panel data analysis

Eric Bonsang (CEPS/INSTEAD in Luxembourg)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Jim Been (Leiden University)
Presentation

Session Cognitive abilities
Chairman: Dorte Heger

The cognitive and economic impact of social activities in older age: evidence from 17 countries

Dimitris Christelis (CSEF, CFS, and CEPAR)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Lisa Brüggen (Maastricht University)
Presentation

Cognitive functioning and retirement in Europe

Margeritha Borella (University of Torino)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Raymond Montizaan (Maastricht University)
Presentation

Session Financial Literacy
Chairman: Soumaya Keynes 

The effect of financial education
on literacy and behavior: evidence from the field (and from the lab)

Danilo Cavapozzi (University of Venice)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Hans Bloemen (VU Amsterdam)
Presentation

Women, confidence, and financial literacy

Tabea Bucher-Koenen (Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy)
Paper not available
Presentation

Discussant: Federica Teppa (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Presentation

Session Precautionary savings
Chairman: John Laitner

The effects of Hartz IV reform on precautionary savings

Eunah Whang
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Mauro Mastrogiacomo (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Presentation

Policy uncertainty and precautionary savings: Does a possible reduction of the mortgage interest deduction increase savings in the Netherlands?

Raun van Ooijen (University of Groningen)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Jan Rouwendal (VU Amsterdam)
Presentation

Session Session Informal care
Chairman: Andres Vork

Retirement timing of women and the role of care responsibilities for grandchildren

Robin Lumsdaine (American University, Washington DC)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Viola Angelini (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Work and well-being of informal caregivers in Europe

Dorte Heger (Rheinisch-Westfalisches Institut fur Wirtschatsforschung Essen)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Eric Bonsang (Maastricht University)
Presentation

Consumption, retirement and social security: Evaluating the efficiency of reform that encourages longer careers

John Laitner (University of Michigan)
Paper
Presentation

Optimal life cycle asset allocation: recap and some open questions

Alex Michealides (Imperial College London)
Paper
Presentation

Session Macro
Chairman: Irina Stefanescu

Time-inconsistent preferences, borrowing costs, and social security

Scott Findley (Utah State University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Yang Jiang (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Redistribution in the UK state pension system

Soumaya Keynes (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Ward Romp (University of Amsterdam)
Presentation (not available yet)

Session Consumption and savings older ages
Chairman: Michael Hurd

Consumption behavior, annuity income and mortality risk of the elderly

Vesile Kutlu-Koc (Utrecht University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Lieke Kools (Leiden University)
Presentation

Annuitized wealth and post-retirement saving

John Laitner (University of Michigan)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Raun van Ooijen (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Session Mopact
Chairman: Anthony Webb

Pension microsimulation models in Estonia, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Poland

Robert Gal
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Marike Knoef (Leiden University)
Presentation

Housing equity release, old-age income and the public economy

Niku Maattanen
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Eduard Suari Andreu (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Magnus Piirits: the impact of introduction of funded pension scheme on intragenerational inequality in Estonia

Andres Vork
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Elena Jarocinska (CASE)
Presentation

Session Corporate pension plans
Chairman: Paula Lopes

Executive bonuses around pension freezes and departures

Irina Stefanescu (Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Martijn Boons (Nova SBE)
Presentation (not available yet)

Do pension plans manipulate pension liabilities?

Michael Kisser (Norwegian School of Economics)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Theo Nijman (Tilburg University)
Presentation

Session Retirement 2
Chairman: Timm Bonke

The role of wealth in the start-up decision of new self-employed: evidence from a pension policy reform

Yue Li (VU University Amsterdam)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Jochem de Bresser (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Predicting labor force participation of the older population

Michael Hurd (RAND, NBER, MEA, SMU)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Adriaan Kalwij (Utrecht University)
Presentation

Session Health
Chairman: Manuel Flores

The effects of access to health insurance for informally employed individuals in Peru

Tobias Klein (Tilburg University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Dimitris Christelis (CSEF, CFS, and CEPAR)
Presentation

The impact of health on wages: Evidence from Europe before and during the Great Recession

Manuel Flores (University of Santiago de Compostela)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Martin Salm (Tilburg University)
Presentation (not available yet)

Economic financial literacy and pension reforms

Elsa Fornero (University of Turin)
Paper
Presentation

Personal retirement accounts with risk sharing

Lans Bovenberg (Tilburg University)
Paper
Presentation

Stock market mean reversion and portfolio choice over the life cycle

Alex Michaelides (Imperial College London)
Paper
Presentation

Wealth accumulation in the US: do inheritances and bequests play a significant role?

John Laitner (University of Michigan)
Paper
Presentation

Session 
Reverse mortgages Chairman: Martijn Boons

Reverse mortgages: What homeowners (don’t) know and how it matters

Thomas Post (Maastricht University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Monika Bütler (University of st Gallen)
Presentation

Reverse mortgage design

Paula Lopes (London School of Economics)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Magnus Dahlquist (Stockholm Institute for Financial Research)
Presentation

Session Retirement 3
Chairman: Raun van Ooijen

Retirement behavior in the US and Europe

Jochem de Bresser (University of Groningen)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Robin Lumsdaine (Kogod School of Business)
Presentation

Early retirement disincentives: Effectiveness and implications for distribution and welfare

Timm Bonke
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Tunga Kantarci (Radboud University)
Presentation

Session Pension expectations and financial literacy
Chairman: Dimitris Georgarakos

Financial literacy and savings account returns

Dimitris Georgarakos (Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Leicester)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Tabea Bucher-Koenen (Munich Center for Economics and Aging)
Presentation

Session Long term investment
Chairman: TBA

The correlation risk premium: term structure and hedging

Goncalo Faria (University of Porto)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Joost Driessen (Tilburg University)
Presentation

Horizon-specic macroeconomics risks and the cross-section of expected returns

Martijn Boons (Nova School of Business, Lisbon) 
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Peter Schotman (Maastricht University)
Presentation (not available yet)

Session Pension Design 
Chairman: Susan Thorp

Inflation, money demand and portfolio choice

Alex Michaelides (Imperial College London)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Frank de Jong (Tilburg University)
Presentation

On the design of a default pension fund

Magnus Dahlquist (Stockholm School of Economics)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Alex Michaelides (Impeial College London) 
Presentation

Session LTC
Chairman: Eric Bonsang

Long term care, wealth and housing

Marija Bockarjova (VU University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Rob Alessie (University of Groningen)
Presentation

Medicaid and crowd-out of long-term care insurance

Anthony Webb (Center for Retirement Research at Boston University)
Paper
Presentation

Discussant: Susann Rohwedder (RAND)
Presentation

 

Locatie

Amsterdam

Soortgelijke bijeenkomsten

Tilburg

Annual PhD Meeting on Pensions

This meeting is jointly organised by Maastricht University, Tilburg University, and Netspar and brings together researchers working on pensions and related topics, across disciplines and career stages, for an afternoon of discussion, feedback, and exchange of ideas. As in previous years, we warmly welcome PhD candidates, early career researchers, as well as more senior scholars and supervisors.
Rotterdam

Inpassing van pensioenplicht in Nederlandse instituties – Rondetafelbijeenkomst

Tijdens deze bijeenkomst wordt het tussenresultaat van de Netspar projectgroep “Pensioenplicht voor alle werkenden” gepresenteerd en is er veel ruimte voor discussie en feedback. De vraag of een pensioenplicht voor alle werkenden verstandig is komt niet aan de orde. De projectgroep richt zich op de vraag hoe een eventuele pensioenplicht vormgegeven zou kunnen worden.
Utrecht

Pension Day 2026

Netspar is pleased to announce the next Netspar Pension Day, which will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2026. The call for papers is open now. We invite contributions from all areas of Netspar’s 2023-2027 Knowledge Agenda.

Sign up for event

Oeps! We konden je formulier niet vinden.