Well-being and Welfare of Older People

What are the latest insights about the well-being and general welfare of older individuals?

Ongoing research

6 November 2025

Decision-making in the aging brain: challenges and AI-driven solutions for pension planning

10 March 2025

State pension as an obstacle: an empirical analysis into the behavioral responses of individualizing the state pension

17 February 2025

Pension gaps: intersectionality and solution directions

17 February 2025

Spending development during retirement

11 November 2024

Preventing financial vulnerability during retirement: cumulative risk factors and impactful interventions

27 February 2023

Personal characteristics and robust life-cycle investments

27 February 2023

Learning together from risk preference surveys

3 October 2022

Migrants’ retirement preparation: risk factors, causes, solutions

23 March 2021

Understanding old-age inequality: the impact of work, family and health trajectories on post-retirement economic, social and psychological well-being across Europe

Industry papers

20 October 2025

Industry Paper

The retirement income of migrants in the Netherlands

13 October 2025

Industry Paper

Understanding the Migrant Pension Gap in the Netherlands

3 October 2025

Industry Paper

Individual Preferences and Beliefs Across the Lifecycle: Implications for Pensions

13 June 2024

Industry Paper

Trust in (pension) institutions among different socioeconomic groups

9 November 2022

Industry Paper

A comparison of pension-relevant preferences, traits, skills, and attitudes between the Dutch self-employed and employees

5 October 2022

Industry Paper

Het nieuwe nabestaandenpensioen

19 September 2022

Industry Paper

Payment effects and cost-covering premiums in the new surviving dependants’ pension

8 August 2022

Industry Paper

Personal life events and individual risk preferences

23 February 2022

Industry Paper

Family and government insurance: Wage, earnings, and income risks in the Netherlands and the U.S.

Podcasts

Events

1 October 2025

Pensioen en Wetenschap Jaarcongres

18 August 2025

Bestedingsontwikkeling tijdens pensionering – Eduard Suari Andreu- After-lunch Webinar

31 July 2025

Presenting, discussing & chairing tips for young scholars / researchers

17 July 2025

IPW – International Pension Workshop 2026

27 May 2025

Optimale verdeling van inflatierisico onder pensioenfondsdeelnemers – After-lunch Webinar Peter Schotman

24 February 2025

Hoe ervaren niet-westerse migranten hun pensioen? Een kwalitatief onderzoek – Ater-lunch webinar – Koen Veldman –

20 February 2025

De korte-termijn arbeidsmarkt- en uitkeringseffecten van de 60-plusmaatregel voor de WIA – After-lunch webinar – Laura Jansen

28 January 2025

Pension Day 2025

13 January 2025

Inaugurele rede Bas Werker en Lisa Brüggen: “Pensioen in woorden én cijfers”

Academic papers

30 October 2025

Academic Paper

Life Courses and Retirement Adjustment Among Men and Women in the Netherlands

30 October 2025

Academic Paper

Early retirement for workers in physically demanding jobs? An ageing society conundrum

20 October 2025

Academic Paper

New Horizons in Later Life: Motives, Family Ties and Return of International Retirement Migrants

1 October 2025

Academic Paper

Hoe ziet de pensioenopbouw en pensioensituatie van niet-westerse migranten eruit? Een kwalitatieve studie

5 June 2025

Academic Paper

Pensions and Subjective Wellbeing—A Causal Mediation Analysis for 18 Advanced Countries (updated)

15 April 2025

Academic Paper

Managerial decisions on older workers’ training: A vignette study on the interplay of worker and manager characteristics

18 March 2025

Academic Paper

What explains the migrant pension penalty? A systematic review and comprehensive model

14 October 2024

Academic Paper

Do modern cities encourage or discourage walking of health-impaired seniors?

7 October 2024

Academic Paper

Werkprikkels bij arbeidsongeschiktheid zijn complex maar effectief

Board briefs