Earnings Responses to Disability Benefit Cuts
Using Dutch administrative data, we assess the work and earnings capacity of disability insurance (DI) recipients by estimating employment and…
Read MoreJob loss, firm-level heterogeneity and mortality: Evidence from administrative data
This paper estimates the effect of job loss on mortality for older male workers with a strong labor force attachment.…
Read MoreThe link between Institutional Characteristics and Endowment growth of US universities
The main idea of this research focuses on analyzing certain institutional characteristics and determining whether similarities among large endowments provide…
Read MoreAre commodity indices after their launch still rewarding for traditional portfolios?
This thesis examines the diversification benefits of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation commodity indices for a traditional portfolio. A broad…
Read MoreThe Turnover Impact on Pension Funds’ Performance: Comparison Between Biographical and Systematic Effect
The main purpose of this paper is to study how Executive Directors’ Turnover impacts the performance of Pension Funds in…
Read MoreDynamic Asset Allocation and Consumption under Time-inconsistent Preferences
Experimental evidence suggests that time preferences play an important role in intertemporal decisions. In a stochastic economy with two fundamental…
Read MoreInfluencer Marketing for Long-Term Decisions: Does it Work? Exploring the Buzz about Influencer Marketing in the Context of Retirement Planning
Due to the demographic change, one essential challenge for pension providers is finding ways to motivate young people to engage…
Read MoreExploring the persuasive effects of narratives and framing on the intention to acquire pension information
The importance of pension planning has been increasing in the past years. Pension funds and marketers need to find pension…
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