Longer life, longer in good health, working longer? Implications of educational differences for the pension system
A person’s socioeconomic position (SEP) is strongly associated with his or her health status and risk of disease and premature…
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…
Read MoreValuation of index-linked assets in incomplete markets
This proposal focuses on the valuation of pension contracts with conditional indexation in incomplete markets, recognizing the absence of perfect…
Read MoreWork, health and retirement
This project analyzes the relationships between, on the one hand, workers’ tasks, vitality and human capital development and, on the…
Read MoreIndividuals’ choices of comprehensive pension plans
Recent developments have increased the demands placed on individuals to plan for their own retirement. While traditionally many pension arrangements…
Read MoreUncertainty over the life cycle: implications for pensions and savings behavior
The labor market has become more flexible, the generosity of the welfare state decreases and retirement benefits are under pressure…
Read MoreDelaying retirement: Confronting responses of employees and employers
The postdoc position will contribute to one of the central aims of Netspar to increase scientific insight on the response and…
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