Introducing a new pension system: The importance of distributive, procedural and interactional justice
In the coming years, a new pension system will be launched in the Netherlands. The extent to which pension participants…
Read MoreRisk preference measurement and risk communication – A large-scale comparison of methods and its implications for the pension industry
Understanding risk preferences is crucial in the financial sector, particularly in the Netherlands, where pension funds must consider participants’ risk…
Read MoreUnderstanding, measuring, and applying ESG preferences
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) preferences have become fundamentally important in the investment and pension domain. More and more investors…
Read MorePension Planning in the Age of AI – What can we learn from Digital Peers?
We bring a new research-based pension app to a series of large-scale field experiments across the Netherlands to devise new…
Read MoreThe political process and phase-in period of pension reforms
In December 2022, the House of Representatives of The Netherlands voted in favor of a major redesign of the funded…
Read MoreThe interplay of work-family trajectories and welfare provisions in (in)voluntary retirement: A cross-national comparison of 28 European countries
We often imagine retirement as a voluntary withdrawal from the labor market to enjoy the later stage of life. The…
Read MoreSocial and Economic Consequences of Widowhood during Retirement: A Comparative Study on Pensions and Survivor Benefits
Widowhood is a critical life course event that entails not only profound grief, but also severe social and economic consequences.…
Read MoreWelfare effects due to collective investments based on heterogeneous preferences
In the new Dutch pension agreement, pension funds and insurance companies have to elicit the risk preferences and risk capacity…
Read MoreAdequate retirement provisions for all workers
Depending on the definition and whether or not the self-employed are included, approximately 10% to 25% of the working population…
Read MorePersonal characteristics and robust life-cycle investments
The Future Pensions Act (Wtp) states that pension providers must invest on the basis of the risk attitude of the…
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