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 (s.vandrogenbroek@uvt.nl) or by phone 013 466 3206.
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Friday October 14, 2016
09.15 - 09.50 Registration and coffee
Session 1.a: Pension Funds in Room 316
Chair: Bertrand Melenberg09.50 - 10.30 Asset management costs and financial performance of Dutch pension funds in 2011-2014
David Hollanders (UVA)
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Discussant: Bas Werker (TiU)
Presentation10.30 - 11.10 Pension fund restoration policy in general equilibrium
Pim Kastelein (Tinbergen Institute)
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Discussant: Nikolaus Schweizer (TiU)
PresentationSession 1.b: Life Expectancy in Room 319
Chair: Eduard Suari Andreu09.50 - 10.30 Working life expectancy in good and poor functional health among Dutch 55- to 65-year olds
Maaike van der Noordt (VUMC)
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Discussant: Pieter Bakx (EUR)
Presentation not available10.30 - 11.10 Test-retest reliability of subjective survival expectations
Jochem de Bresser (TiU)
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Discussant: Bas Donkers (EUR)
PresentationSession 1.c: Macroeconomics of Pensions in Room 322
Chair: Zina Lekniute09.50 - 10.30 Macroeconomic and welfare implications of different pension benefit arrangements
Nicoleta Ciurila (UVA)
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Discussant: Yang Jiang (RUG)
Presentation10.30 - 11.10 Ageing-driven pension reforms
Ed Westerhout (CPB)
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Discussant: Ward Romp (UVA)
Presentation11.10 - 11.40 Break
Session 2.a: Pension Systems in room 316
Chair: Pim Kastelein11.40 - 12.20 Fooling the market? Municipal yields and the health of the state pension sector
Zina Lekniute (APG)
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Discussant: Bertrand Melenberg (TiU)
Presentation12.20 - 13.00 The optimal mix of the first and second pillar
Thomas Michielsen (CPB)
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Discussant: Nicoleta Ciurila (UVA)
PresentationSession 2.b: Communication and Choice in Room 319
Chair: Milena Dinkova11.40 - 12.20 Engaging pension plan participants: investment and insurance frames
Wiebke Eberhardt (UM)
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Discussant: Rob Alessie (RUG)
Presentation12.20 - 13.00 Flat annuities or flexible pension schemes: the influence of expected expenses and (dis)trust in pension funds
Nicole Jonker (DNB)
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Discussant: Ed Westerhout (CPB)
PresentationSession 2.c: Work and Health in Room 322
Chair: Arthur van Soest11.40 - 12.20 Effects of working part-time and full-time on physical and mental health in old age in Europe
Tunga Kantarci (TiU)
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Discussant: Adriaan Kalwij (UU)
Presentation12.20 - 13.00 Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m 64? The health impact of caregiving
Pieter Bakx (EUR)
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Discussant: Eduard Suari Andreu (RUG)
Presentation13.00 - 13.50 Lunch
Session 3.a.: Pension Adequacy in Room 316
Chair: Jochem de Bresser13.50 - 14.30 Investment strategies for the pre-retirement and retirement phase of IDC pensions
Annick van Ool (TiU)
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14.30 - 15.10 Cutting one’s coat according to one’s cloth
Lieke Kools (Leiden Uni)
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Discussant: Nicole Jonker (DNB)
PresentationSession 3.b.: Finance in Room 319
Chair: Peter Schotman13.50 - 14.30 Annual var from high frequency data
Alessandro Pollastri (UM)
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Discussant: Patrick Tuijp (Ortec Finance)
Presentation14.30 - 15.10 The optimal long-term asset allocation with illiquid assets
Kristy Jansen (TiU)
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Discussant: Antoon Pelsser (UM)
PresentationSession 3.c: Household Finance in Room 322
Chair: Marijke van Putten13.50 - 14.30 Backward imputation of financial household wealth
Rob Alessie (RUG)
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Discussant: Hans Bloemen (VU Amsterdam)
Presentation14.30 - 15.10 Estimating the demand for new social investments in the Netherlands
Arthur van Soest (Tilburg Uni)
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Discussant: Pieter Verhallen (UM)
Presentation15.10 - 15.30 Break
Session 4.a: Pension Adequacy in Room 316
Chair: Lieke Kools15.30 - 16.10 Tax-exempted intergenerational transfers: do they reduce household indebtedness?
Yue Li (VU A)
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Discussant: Jochem de Bresser (TiU)
Presentation16.10 - 16.50 Analyzing expenditures of Dutch elderly
Raun van Ooijen (RUG)
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Discussant: Lieke Kools (Leiden Uni)
PresentationSession 4.b: Finance in Room 319
Chair: Alessandro Pollastri15.30 - 16.10 An empirical investigation of affine term structure model uncertainty
Jing Li (TiU)
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Discussant: Peter Schotman (UM)
Presentation16.10 - 16.50 Quantification of the discontinuity risk of pension funds
Jorgo Goossens (TiU)
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Session 4.c: Retirement Saving Decisions in Room 322
Chair: Rob Alessie15.30 - 16.10 Hailing vessels and dropping anchors: plotting the anchor-and-adjustment heuristic against peer effects
Pieter Verhallen (UM)
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Discussant: Marijke van Putten (Leiden Uni)
Presentation soon available16.10 - 16.50 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)
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Discussant: Wiebke Eberhardt (UM)
Presentation16.50 Drinks and bites
Last updated: October 17, 2016
