Designing pension systems: Lessons from European countries
The key objective of this project is to gather information on design, performance, and challenges of pension systems in Denmark,…
Read MorePension Investment at the Sustainability-Security Nexus
Occupational pension funds are at the international center of sustainable investing, but rising geopolitical tensions raise the question if their…
Read MoreTechnological Change and Retirement Intentions: Evidence from 20 Countries
This project investigates how technological change—robotization, ICT, and artificial intelligence (AI)— affects retirement intentions and expected working life across European…
Read MoreFalse self-employed: no contributions, but entitled to benefits – legal guidance
The issue of false self-employment has been a topic of discussion in labor law for some time now: it refers…
Read MoreClarifying the Dutch pension sector’s role in the sustainability transition
Netspar research project financed by NWO The transition to a sustainable economy is a major societal challenge that requires far-reaching…
Read MoreState pension as an obstacle: an empirical analysis into the behavioral responses of individualizing the state pension
With population aging peaking in 2040, the sustainability of public finances is a challenge for the coming decades. A crucial…
Read MoreRisk capacity: subjective income, pension, and house price risk and ownership of risky assets
The new pension law (Future of Pensions Act or Wtp) requires pension funds to base investment decisions on their participants’…
Read MoreWorking longer for social good?
Recent studies show that people are willing to accept a lower return on their investments in case these are socially…
Read MoreProbability weighting and implications for life-cycle investing
Theoretical life-cycle models are used to determine the optimal investment policy for a pension fund participant. These models are typically…
Read MorePension gaps: intersectionality and solution directions
The recent interdepartmental policy research on adequate pensions (IBO report) suggests that the pensions of groups of workers in the…
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