“What next for super?” is perhaps the most frequently asked question I encounter. And it’s not going away any time soon.
How we design super, and how we shape the retirement years of Australians, will continue to be an important point of discussion in Australia, the region, and the world, for many years to come. more
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CEPAR Research: projects, people, presentations and publications
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Research Fellows Shang Wu and Han Li
CEPAR and the Australia-China Population Ageing Research Hub recently welcomed two new Research Fellows, Han Li and Shang Wu. more
Presentations
Researchers have travelled nationally and internationally to present their research over the past month:
- Rafal Chomik, Population Ageing and Social Security in Asia at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Changing Population Age Structures and Sustainable Development in New York, USA.
- Cathy Gong, Impacts of Voluntary and Involuntary Job Exits at Mature Age on Individual Wellbeing: Evidence from HILDA at the Longitudinal Data Conference in Canberra, Australia.
- Lu Bei, A Dynamic Analysis of Chinese Disabled Older People and Disable Free Life Expectancy from 2000‐2010 at the 38th Australian Conference for Health Economists' in Perth, Australia.
- John Piggott, Long Term Care Concepts, Trends and Reforms: A view from Australia at the Long Term Care Policies and Services IDB Meeting, Washington DC, USA.
Publications
CEPAR researchers have produced three new publications and two new working papers this month:
- Sustainable Development Goals, Population Ageing and Social Security in Asia by Chomik, R. CEPAR Working Paper 2016/23.
- Adequacy, Fairness and Sustainability of Pay-As-You-Go-Pension-Systems: Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution by Alonso-Garcia, J., Boado-Penas, M. and Devolder, P. CEPAR Working Paper 2016/22.
- Two-Child Policy, Population Ageing and Impact on Fiscal Expenditures by Bei, L. in Journal of Labour Economics (Chinese).
- End of Life Hospitalizations Differ for Older Australian Women According to Death Trajectory: A Longitudinal Data Linkage Study by Harris, M., Dolja-Gore, X., Kendig, H. and Byles, J. in BMC Health Services Research.
- Evidence-based Occupational Therapy for People with Dementia and their Families: What Clinical Practice Guidelines tell us and Implications for Practice by Laver, K., Cumming, R.G., Dyer, S., Agar, M., Anstey, K.J., Beattie, E., Brodaty, H., Broe, T., Clemson, L., Crotty, M., Dietz, M., Draper, B., Flicker, L., Friel, M., Heuzenroeder, L., Koch S., Kurrle, S., Nay, R., Pond, D., Thompson, J., Santalucia, Y., Whitehead, C. and Yates, M. in Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.
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UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarships Open
CEPAR researchers are currently seeking PhD candidates to work on two projects. more
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Population Ageing and Australia's Future
A new book focused on the ageing demographic in Australia is to be launched at the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) annual symposium in Canberra next week. more
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North American Actuarial Journal Award
CEPAR Research on Multistate Actuarial Models of Functional Disability, wins award for best paper. more
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2016 Diary
Pensions and Superannuation Series
7 November 12 -1pm
Demand for Long-term Care Insurance: Matching Stated Preferences and Model Predictions by Shang Wu, CEPAR
21 November 12-1pm
The Platform Problem: Innovation in a Homogeneous World by Rob Nicholls, UNSW
7th APRU Research Symposium on Ageing in the Asia-Pacific
Beijing, 6-8 November
Ageing, Innovation and Sustainable Development
Computational Economics Workshop
Sydney, 5-8 December
Presented by Professor Hans Fehr, University of Würzburg
Longevity Research Forum
Sydney, 16 February
Research Issues in Modelling Longevity Risk Applications: Current Perspectives and Future Directions
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Applications are now open for a Research Officer Position at CEPAR, ANU.
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