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Pension Day

On October 14 Netspar organizes a Pension Day. This event will take place at the Beatrix theater building in Utrecht. This pension day is targeted mainly but not exclusively at junior Netspar researchers.

 

For more information please contact the events coordinator Sylvia van Drogenbroek ([email protected]) or by phone 013 466 3206.

On October 14 Netspar organized a Pension Day. This event took place at the Beatrix theater building in Utrecht. Most of the presentations are available now via the program.

Registration and coffee

Session 1.a: Pension Funds in Room 316
Chair: Bertrand Melenberg

Asset management costs and financial performance of Dutch pension funds in 2011-2014
David Hollanders (UVA)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Bas Werker (TiU)
Presentation

Pension fund restoration policy in general equilibrium
Pim Kastelein (Tinbergen Institute)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Nikolaus Schweizer (TiU)
Presentation

Session 1.b: Life Expectancy in Room 319
Chair: Eduard Suari Andreu

Working life expectancy in good and poor functional health among Dutch 55- to 65-year olds
Maaike van der Noordt (VUMC)
Paper and presentation not available online
Discussant: Pieter Bakx (EUR)
Presentation not available

Test-retest reliability of subjective survival expectations
Jochem de Bresser (TiU)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Bas Donkers (EUR)
Presentation

Session 1.c: Macroeconomics of Pensions in Room 322
Chair: Zina Lekniute

Macroeconomic and welfare implications of different pension benefit arrangements
Nicoleta Ciurila (UVA)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Yang Jiang (RUG)
Presentation

Ageing-driven pension reforms
Ed Westerhout (CPB)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Ward Romp (UVA)
Presentation

Break

Session 2.a: Pension Systems in room 316
Chair: Pim Kastelein

Fooling the market? Municipal yields and the health of the state pension sector
Zina Lekniute (APG)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Bertrand Melenberg (TiU)
Presentation

The optimal mix of the first and second pillar
Thomas Michielsen (CPB)
Paper and presentation not available online
Discussant: Nicoleta Ciurila (UVA)
Presentation

Session 2.b: Communication and Choice in Room 319
Chair: Milena Dinkova

Engaging pension plan participants: investment and insurance frames
Wiebke Eberhardt (UM)
paper and presentation not available online
Discussant: Rob Alessie (RUG)
Presentation

Flat annuities or flexible pension schemes: the influence of expected expenses and (dis)trust in pension funds
Nicole Jonker (DNB)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Ed Westerhout (CPB)
Presentation

Session 2.c: Work and Health in Room 322
Chair: Arthur van Soest

Effects of working part-time and full-time on physical and mental health in old age in Europe
Tunga Kantarci (TiU)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Adriaan Kalwij (UU)
Presentation

Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m 64? The health impact of caregiving
Pieter Bakx (EUR)
Paper not available online
Presentation
Discussant: Eduard Suari Andreu (RUG)
Presentation

Lunch

Session 3.a.: Pension Adequacy in Room 316
Chair: Jochem de Bresser

Investment strategies for the pre-retirement and retirement phase of IDC pensions
Annick van Ool (TiU)
Paper
Presentation

Cutting one’s coat according to one’s cloth
Lieke Kools (Leiden Uni)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Nicole Jonker (DNB)
Presentation

Session 3.b.: Finance in Room 319
Chair: Peter Schotman

Annual var from high frequency data
Alessandro Pollastri (UM)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Patrick Tuijp (Ortec Finance)
Presentation

The optimal long-term asset allocation with illiquid assets
Kristy Jansen (TiU)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Antoon Pelsser (UM)
Presentation

Session 3.c: Household Finance in Room 322
Chair: Marijke van Putten

Backward imputation of financial household wealth
Rob Alessie (RUG)
Paper not available
Presentation
Discussant: Hans Bloemen (VU Amsterdam)
Presentation

Estimating the demand for new social investments in the Netherlands
Arthur van Soest (Tilburg Uni)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Pieter Verhallen (UM)
Presentation

Break

Session 4.a: Pension Adequacy in Room 316
Chair: Lieke Kools

Tax-exempted intergenerational transfers: do they reduce household indebtedness?
Yue Li (VU A)
Paper
Presentation
Discussant: Jochem de Bresser (TiU)
Presentation

Analyzing expenditures of Dutch elderly
Raun van Ooijen (RUG)
Paper not available
Presentation
Discussant: Lieke Kools (Leiden Uni)
Presentation

Session 4.b: Finance in Room 319
Chair: Alessandro Pollastri

An empirical investigation of affine term structure model uncertainty
Jing Li (TiU)
Paper not available
Presentation
Discussant: Peter Schotman (UM)
Presentation

Quantification of the discontinuity risk of pension funds
Jorgo Goossens (TiU)
Paper
Presentation

Session 4.c: Retirement Saving Decisions in Room 322
Chair: Rob Alessie

Hailing vessels and dropping anchors: plotting the anchor-and-adjustment heuristic against peer effects
Pieter Verhallen (UM)
Paper and presentation not available online
Discussant: Marijke van Putten (Leiden Uni)
Presentation soon available

The impact of tailoring on the decision to glance over one’s pension information and the role of financial literacy
Milena Dinkova (Utrecht School of Economics)
Paper not available online
Presentation
Discussant: Wiebke Eberhardt (UM)
Presentation

Drinks and bites

 

Last updated: October 17, 2016

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Location

Beatrix theater/building
3rd floor (rooms 316, 319, 322)
Jaarbeursplein 6
3521 AL Utrecht

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Only employees of Netspar-partners and Netspar fellows are invited to attend this Pension Day

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