International Pension Workshop
On January 18 – 20, 2017 Netspar organizes an International Pension Workshop. This event will take place at the Hampshire Fitland Hotel in Leiden, the Netherlands. The program is now available.
James Nazroo (University of Manchester) will give two plenary lectures. Furthermore, a policy session is scheduled on Thursday where Anthony Webb (Boston College) will talk about pension adequacy of Americans who claim their public pension at an early age. Marcel Lever (CPB) will talk about the optimal mix of public and private pensions, and Elsa Fornero (Uni of Turin, former minister of Labor, Social Policies and Gender Equality in Italy) presents a paper on voting in the aftermath of a pension reform, jointly with Anna Lo Prete.
On Thursday afternoon there will be a plenary session, organized by Hazel Bateman (Uni of NSW). This session will show us the value of health-contigent income products, and how fee and return disclosures affect retirement plan choice.
The other academic papers of the workshop will be presented in parallel sessions. The award ceremony of the Netspar Thesis Awards is scheduled on Wednesday afternoon.
All participants are invited to attend the guided tour in the Naturalis Museum for the T Rex Exhibition and conference dinner on Thursday. Limited funding is only available for discussants and speakers.
To register, please fill out the online registration form.
Registration and coffee
Session 1.1: Economic psychology
Chaired by: Milena Dinkova
Jonathan Cribb (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
What happens when employers are obliged to nudge? Automatic enrolment and pension saving in the UK
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Discussant: Lisa Bruggen (Maastricht University)
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Raymond Montizaan (Maastricht University)
Locus of control and investment in equity
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Discussant: Stefan Hochguertel (VU Amsterdam)
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Session 1.2: Bequest
Chaired by: Enrica Croda
Eduard Suari Andreu (Groningen University)
Managing the estate: Evidence on deathbed planning and bequests
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Discussant: Michael Haliassos (University of Frankfurt)
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Gustaf Bruze (Karolinska Institute)
What determines the size of bequests: Altruism or the joy-of-giving?
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Discussant: Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University)
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Session 1.3: Financial valuation
Chaired by: Monika Bütler
Daniel Harenberg (ETH Zurich)
Household finance and the value of life
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Discussant: Bertrand Melenberg (Tilburg University)
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Majid Hasan (EDHEC)
Funding-shortfall risk and asset prices in general equilibrium
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Discussant: Bas Werker (Tilburg University)
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Break
Session 2.1: Inequality
Chaired by: Daniel Harenberg
Daniel Kemptner (DIW Berlin)
The increasing longevity gap – Distributional implications for the pension system
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Discussant: Adriaan Kalwij (Utrecht School of Economics)
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Stefan Etgeton (DIW Berlin)
The effect of pension reforms on old-age income inequality
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Discussant: Johan Bonekamp (Tilburg University)
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Session 2.2: Financial decision making
Chaired by: Anthony Webb
Joachim Inkmann (University of Melbourne)
Assessing the demand for annuities in an undeveloped market: Evidence from Hong Kong
Paper
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Discussant: Kristy Jansen (Tilburg University)
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Pieter Verhallen (Maastricht University)
Hailing vessels and dropping anchors: Plotting the anchor-and-adjustment heuristic against peer effects
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Discussant: Serena Trucchi (University College London)
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Session 2.3: Acturial risk
Chaired by: Eduard Suari Andreu
Ling-Ni Boon (Tilburg Uni / Paris University Dauphine)
Longevity risk: To bear or to insure
Paper not available online
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Discussant: Paula Lopes (London School of Economics)
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Jochem de Bresser (Tilburg University)
Test-retest reliability of subjective survival expectations
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Discussant: Michael Hurd (RAND)
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Lunch
Session 3.1: Life cycle model
Chaired by: Paula Lopes
Pascal St-Amour (University of Lausanne)
Closing down the shop: Optimal health and wealth dynamics near the end of life
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Discussant: Shang Wu (CEPAR, University of New South Wales)
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Hans-Martin von Gaudecker (Bonn University)
The effect of the affordable care act on the labor supply, savings, and social security of older americans
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Discussant: Pascal St-Amour (University of Lausanne)
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Session 3.2: Retirement I
Chaired by: Egbert Jongen
Songul Tolan (DIW Berlin)
The effect of partial retirement on the labor supply of elderly employees in Germany
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Discussant: Tunga Kantarci (Tilburg University)
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Session 3.3: Interest rates
Chaired by: Servaas van Bilsen
Zorka Simon (University of Mannheim)
Much ado about nothing: A study of differential pricing and liquidity of short and long term bonds
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Discussant: Anne Balter (Tilburg University)
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Peter Schotman (Maastricht University)
Score-driven Nelson Siegel: Hedging long-term liabilities
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Discussant: Michel Vellekoop (University of Amsterdam)
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Break
Plenary session:
Netspar Thesis Awards Ceremony
Plenary session:
Chaired by: Marike Knoef
James Nazroo (University of Manchester)
Class, retirement and inequality in later life: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Background information
Presentation
Drinks
Session 4.1: Information and decisions
Chaired by: Arthur van Soest
Milena Dinkova (Utrecht University)
The impact of tailoring on the decision to glance over one’s pension information and the role of financial literacy
Paper not available online
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Discussant: Hans Bloemen (VU Amsterdam)
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Jennifer Alonso Garcia (ARC Centre Ageing Research – CEPAR, UNSW Australia)
A cross-country study of saving and spending in retirement
Paper not available yet
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Discussant: Bas Donkers (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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Session 4.2: Disability
Chaired by: Mariacristina Rossi
Enrica Croda (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
The health of disability insurance enrollees: An international comparison
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Discussant: Maarten Lindeboom (VU Amsterdam)
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Felizia Hanemann (Technical University of Munich)
Early determinants of work disability in an international perspective
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Discussant: Pierre Koning (VU Amsterdam)
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Session 4.3: Life cycle and taxation
Chaired by: Teresa Ghilarducci
Fedor Iskhakov (The Australian National University)
Effects of taxes and safety net pensions on life-cycle labor supply, savings and human capital: the case of Australia
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Discussant: Daniel Kemptner (DIW Berlin)
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Monika Butler (University of St. Gallen)
Pricing annuities: The role of taxation in retirement decisions
Paper
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Session 5.1: Policy: design and reform
Chaired by: Michael Haliassos
Anthony Webb (Boston College, Center for Retirement Research)
Are early claimers making a mistake?
Paper
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Discussant: Nicolas Goll (Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA))
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Marcel Lever (CPB)
The optimal mix of the first and second pension pillar
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Discussant: Eduard Ponds (APG / TiU)
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Elsa Fornero / Anna Lo Prete (University of Turin, CeRP – Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Voting in the aftermath of a pension reform: the role of economic literacy
Paper not available online
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Discussant: Roel Beetsma (University of Amsterdam)
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Session 5.2: Health
Chaired by: Raymond Montizaan
Marjia Bockarjova (VU Amsterdam)
Preferences of elderly people for housing and long-term care
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Discussant: Jim Been (Leiden University)
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Tobias Klein (Tilburg University)
Does the framing of cost-sharing incentives matter?
Paper not available
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Discussant: Viola Angelini (RUG)
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Dorly Deeg (VUMC)
Employability after age 65? 20-year trends in physically and cognitively healthy and unhealthy life expectancy of 65-year-olds in the Netherlands
Paper not available
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Discussant: Kees Goudswaard (Leiden University)
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Session 5.3: Macro
Chaired by: Ward Romp
Zina Lekniute (APG)
Fooling the market? Municipal yields and unfunded state pension liabilities
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Discussant: Zorka Simon (University of Mannheim)
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Hans Fehr (University of Würzburg)
Pension reform with entrepreneurial choice
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Discussant: Jan Bonenkamp (APG)
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Nicoleta Ciurila (University of Amsterdam)
Macroeconomic and welfare implications of different pension benefit arrangements
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Discussant: Yang Jiang (Groningen University)
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Lunch
Plenary session
Chaired by: Hazel Bateman (University of New South Wales)
Shang Wu (CEPAR, University of New South Wales)
Optimal portfolio choice with health-contingent income products: The value of life care annuities
Paper
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Discussant: Hans-Martin von Gaudecker (Bonn University)
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Susan Thorp (The University of Sydney Business School)
Flicking the switch: How fee and return disclosures drive retirement plan choice
Paper
Background information
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Discussant: Rob Alessie (Groningen University)
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Break
Plenary session
Chaired by: Peter Schotman (Maastricht University)
James Nazroo (University of Manchester)
Ethnic / racial inequalities in later life. What can we learn from the UK?
Background information
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Walk to Naturalis Museum
T Rex Exhibition
Conference dinner at restaurant Prentenkabinet
Session 6.1: Consumption and savings
Chaired by: Tobias Klein
Mauro Mastrogiacomo (DNB / VU Amsterdam)
The displacement effect of compulsory pension savings on private savings
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Discussant: Lieke Kools (Leiden University)
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Flavia Coda Moscarola (CeRP – Collegio Carlo Alberto)
What is good for the goose is good for the gander? An experiment on gender, language and financial market participation
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Discussant: Henriëtte Prast (Tilburg University)
presentation not available yet
Ayal Kimhi (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Does consumption decrease after retirement, and for whom?
Paper not available
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Discussant: Raun van Ooijen (Groningen University)
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Session 6.2: Retirement II
Chaired by: Dorly Deeg
Egbert Jongen (CPB / Leiden University)
Using taks credits to postpone retirement – A panel data analysis of a large dutch reform
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Discussant: Amparo Nagore (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)
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Clara Welteke (DIW Berlin)
Closing routes to retirement: how do people respond?
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Discussant: Markus Knell (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
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Rebecca Schrader (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
The contribution of institutions to an incredible rise in old age employment
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Discussant: no
Session 6.3: MOPACT
Chaired by: Bas Werker
Mariacristina Rossi (University of Turin and CeRP CCA)
“Four bright coins shining at me” Financial education in childhood, financial confidence in adulthood
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Discussant: Maarten van Rooij (DNB)
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Bram Wouterse (CPB)
Does increasing social participation improve healthy life expectancy? A scenario analysis for older individuals with multimorbidity in Europe
Paper not available online
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Discussant: Maaike van der Noordt (VUMC)
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Costanza Torricelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
The demand for socially responsible investments
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Discussant: Paul Smeets (Groningen University)
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Break
Session 7.1: Survey design
Chaired by: Jochem de Bresser
Peter Hudomiet (RAND)
Probability numeracy: Measurement and applications
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Discussant: Federica Teppa (DNB)
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Wandi Bruine de Bruin (Leeds University)
Consumer surveys of inflation expectations: Effects of wording, administration mode, and opportunities to revise
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Discussant: Leo Lentz (Utrecht University)
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Session 7.2: Financial literacy and financial participation
Chaired by; Rebecca Schrader
Teresa Ghilarducci (The New School)
Earnings volatility and 401(k) contributions
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Discussant: Gonzalo Paz Pardo (University College London)
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Yitcan Karabulut (RSM, EUR, CEPR)
Financial literacy externalities
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Discussant: Tabea Bucher Koenen (Munich Center for the Economics of Aging – MEA)
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Session 7.3: Portfolio choice
Chaired by; Kristy Jansen
Martin van der Schans (Ortec Finance)
Time-dependent black-litterman
Paper not available online
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Discussant: Kris Boudt (KU Leuven)
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Servaas van Bilsen (University of Amsterdam)
How to invest and draw-down wealth? A utility-based analysis
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Discussant: Antoon Pelsser (Maastricht University)
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Lunch
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Locatie
Hampshire Fitland Hotel
1st Floor (Meeting Center)
Bargelaan 180
2333 CW Leiden
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Attendance at the International Pension Workshop is free for fellows of Netspar and employees of Netspar partners. The conference fee for other participants is €350,-.
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