Netspar awards €1,000,000 in Project Funding

The Netspar Board of Directors has followed the recommendations of the Partner Research Council in granting the following Theme Projects:

€250,000:

• Thomas Post & Lisa Brüggen (both of UM)
  Engaging pension plan participants: How emotions, peer effects, and life events influence the effectiveness of pension communication
• René Maatman & Mark Heemskerk (both of RUN)
  Pension rights and ownership: A legal analysis in an economic context

€500,000:

• Eddy van Doorslaer, Erik Schut & Pieter Bakx (all of EUR)
  Optimal saving and insurance for old age: The role of public long-term care insurance

Netspar wishes all of the researchers great success in these three-year projects.