Population Ageing

Chief Investigator Michael Sherris describes CEPAR Longevity and Retirement Financing Research at a workshop on Recent Advances in Actuarial Mathematics held at the BANFF International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery in October . Video here

Associate Investigator Cagri Kumru and Research Fellow George Kudrna organised a Workshop on Retirement Income Modelling on 9 December, featuring Ayse Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California, and Sagiri Kitao, Keio University. The full Program and Abstracts of presented papers are here.

Chief Investigator Kaarin Anstey was a featured speaker at a Dementia Intervention symposium on 3 December, hosted by The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania.

Women facing poverty in older age is due in part to low superannuation balances, said Associate Investigator Hazel Bateman at a COTA event in South Australia. more

Research Fellow Dr Lu Bei accompanied a delegation from China's Ministry of Finance Social Security Department to Canberra in November. The visit, co-hosted by CEPAR and The World Bank, provided delegates with insight into the Australian welfare system.

Publications

The latest CEPAR Working Papers are:

Budget Repair Measures: Tough Choices for Australia's Future by George Kudrna and Chung Tran
Attitudes to Intergenerational Equity: Baseline Findings from the Attitudes to Ageing in Australia (AAA) Study by Hal Kendig, Kate O’Loughlin, Rafat Hussain, Karla Heese and Lisa Cannon
A Note on Resource Testing and Temptation by Cagri S. Kumru, John Piggott and Athanasios C. Thanopoulos
Mortality Heterogeneity and Systematic Mortality Improvement by Mengyi Xu, Michael Sherris and Ramona Meyricke
Valuation of Guaranteed Minimum Maturity Benefits in Variable Annuities with Surrender Options by Yang Shen, Michael Sherris and Jonathan Ziveyi
Guarantee Valuation in Notional Defined Contribution Pension Systems by Jennifer Alonso-Garcia and Pierre Devolder

Chief Investigator Peter McDonald contributes to a special issue of East Asia Forum on Asia's Intergenerational Challenges. In Growing Old Before Growing Rich he looks at declines in mortality and fertility while noting Australia's fertility rate means it stands out regionally as a country with a growing supply of younger workers.

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