Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Comparing Regulation in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany
The central aim of this project is to compare national regulation of sustainable investment by pension funds. Survey research shows…
Read MoreOccupation-based life expectancy: towards actuarial fairness of determining future statutory retirement age
Various policies affect actuarial fairness of pension systems. Bonenkamp & ter Rele (2013) find a Matthew effect in the Dutch 2ndpension…
Read MoreComparison of the Portfolio Decisions of Participants in U.S. 401(k) Pension Plans with the Asset Allocation of Dutch Pension Plans
In our project, we will compare the asset allocation (or portfolio choices) of U.S. 401k pension plans with the different…
Read MoreRegulation of information provision for pension choices: Australia and the Netherlands compared
Background Around the world there has been a shift in retirement saving/benefit arrangements from public to private provision, and from…
Read MoreWhich type of pension systems protect against the income and health inequality consequences of a recession?
Background Recent decades have seen a large increase in the study of inequalities. How incomes are distributed, and especially the…
Read MorePension Communication across Countries
Introduction In the Netherlands, Italy, and many other countries, recent reforms have made automatic mandatory pension saving less generous. The…
Read MoreComparison of variable annuities between The Netherlands and Denmark
Recently, the Dutch parliament passed a law that enables retirees to invest their pension wealth of Defined Contribution products in…
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