The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of the survivor dividend in notional defined contribution (NDC) pension schemes. With this aim in mind, we first extend the model developed by Boado-Penas & Vidal-Meliá (2014) by allowing for changes in the growth of the active population. We then...

Notional defined contribution pension schemes (NDCs) aim at reproducing the logic of a financial defined contribution plan under a pay-as-you-go framework. Of particular interest is how the accumulated capital of a deceased person is used, when the death occurs prior to retirement. While in most...

This article reviews the literature on the optimal design and regulation of funded pension schemes. We first characterize optimal saving and investment over an individual's life cycle. Within a stylized modeling framework, we explore optimal individual saving and investing behavior....

We examine the future benefits of the Israeli privatized pension system, which is considered as a model of transition to funded pension systems worldwide. This research is based on an extensive database obtained from one of the largest traditional private funds in the market. The results paint a...

This paper explores the introduction of collective risk-reallocation elements in defined contribution pension contracts. We consider status-contingent, age-contingent and asset-contingent arrangements to reallocate risk among participants. Eliminating asset market risk for the retired raises...

This study introduces multiplayer game in the modern pension market. Particularly, this study claims that low earners and high earners have different interests when playing in funded pension market scheme. This differentiating is enabled by avoiding the entire society as a single earning cohort....