It is perhaps natural for a research centre focused on population ageing to think in the long term. One of our long term investments is building research capacity for the future.
CEPAR organises and supports a whole range of activities to achieve this. more
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CEPAR Research: projects, people, presentations and publications
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Associate Professor Kate O'Loughlin
CEPAR Associate Investigator is preparing for the launch of her book Ageing in Australia: Challenges & Opportunities, out next month. more
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Presentations
CEPAR researchers have presented at a number of international conferences in the last month.
- Michael Sherris, The Impact of Systematic trend and Uncertainty on Mortality and Disability in a Multi-State Latent Factor Model for Transition Rates at the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association 2016 Annual Conference, Chengdu, China
- Katja Hanewald, Trends in Retirement Incomes of Older Chinese at the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association 2016 Annual Conference, Chengdu, China
- Jennifer Alonso-Garcia, Economic and Demographic Risks for Pay-as-you-go Pension Schemes: Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution at the 3rd Actuarial Journal Conference, Lyon, France
- Han Li, Semi-parametric Extensions of the Cairns-Blake-Dowd Model: A One-dimensional Kernel Smoothing Approach at the International Mortality and Longevity Symposium, London, UK
- Andres Villegas, On Bayesian Two-population Mortality Models for the Assessment of Basis Risks in Longevity Hedges at the International Mortality and Longevity Symposium, London, UK
Publications
The publications highlighted this month include a mixture of journal articles and working papers.
- Guarantee Valuation in Notional Defined Contribution pension Systems by Alonso-Garcia, J. and Devolder, P. in Astin Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA.
- Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial by Merom, D., Mathieu, E., Cerin, E., Morton, R.L., Simpson, J.M., Rissel, C., Anstey, K.J., Sherrington, C., Lord, S.R. and Cumming, R.G. in PLOS Medicine.
- Relationship between Antihypertensive Medications and Cognitive Impairment: Part 1. Review of Human Studies and Clinical Trials by Yasar, S., Schuchman, M., Peters, J., Anstey, K.J., Carlson, M.C. and Peters, R. in Current Hypertension Reports.
- Sex and Age Trends in Australia's Suicide Rate over the last Decade by Burns, R.A. in Psychiatry Research.
- The Effect of Labour Transitions in Public Pension Financing: A Case Study of Spain by Alonso-Garcia, J., Rosado-Cebrian, B. and Alonso-Fernandez, J-J. CEPAR Working Paper Series 2016/21.
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Something is Still Seriously Wrong with Men in Middle and Late Life
Men aged 85+ have the highest rate of suicide of all age groups over the last decade. more
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The Constellations of Demography
A new CEPAR Fact Sheet offers a visual representation of the most staggering global demographic shifts in modern history. more
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2016 Diary
Pensions and Superannuation Series
10 October 12 -1 pm
Stability of Self-stated Risk Preferences and Media Coverage of Economic News
by Franziska Tausch, Max Planck Institute
17 October 12 - 1pm
The Role of Financial Literacy in Public Pension Policies and Individual Retirement Decisions by Elsa Fornero, University of Turin
24 October 12 - 1pm
Why a College Spouse Brings Healthy Life by Elena Capatina, CEPAR UNSW
CSRI Leadership Forum
Canberra, 12-13 October
Public Lecture: Elsa Fornero
Crawford School of Public Policy, Canberra, 19 October
Reform, Information, Education: A New Paradigm for Pension Reform
15th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
Canberra, 31 Oct - 1 Nov
Hosted by the Centre for Research on Ageing, health and Wellbeing (CRAHW)
49th Australian Association of Gerontology Conference
Canberra, 2 - 4 November
Capitalising on the Ageing Dividend: Re-imagining our Future
7th APRU Research Symposium on Ageing in the Asia-Pacific
Beijing, 5 - 8 December
Ageing, Innovation and Sustainable Development
Computational Economics Workshop
Sydney, 5 - 8 December
Presented by Professor Hans Fehr, University of Würzburg
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Principle Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow positions currently available at the RDNS Institute
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