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On Gamma-Gompertz-Makeham Assurances and Life Annuities

Austrian Journal of Statistics
We focus on the gamma-Gompertz-Makeham model, and derive useful structural properties for this mortality model. We provide the basic properties like moments, remaining life expectancy, single life annuity, among many others, in closed form, and so it ...
Fredy Castellares, Silvio Patricio, Artur Lemonte   +2 more
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Racism at Work: A Critical Qualitative Investigation

The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An area of life that is profoundly impacted by anti‐Black racism is the world of work. Black Americans face persistent barriers from hiring to wage inequality to everyday mistreatment. In response, we conducted a critical qualitative investigation to explore how racism manifests in workplaces, uncover overlooked aspects of Black Americans ...
Michael Gordon, Camille M. Smith, Whitney Erby, David L. Blustein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SECOND PILLAR COMPONENT ON OLD AGE PENSION IN LITHUANIA

Ekonomika, 2013
. The aim of the study was is to evaluate the impact of a privately accumulated second pillar component on old-age pension. This evaluation is based on quantitative, statistical data and qualitative analysis of pension accumulation results in second ...
Teodoras Medaiskis, Tadas Gudaitis
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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Tahmina Ahmed, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Shujie Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLAIMING SOCIAL HOUSING FUTURES: Value, Risk and the Temporal Politics of Income Strip Financing in London

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
wiley   +1 more source

An Economic Model of Mortality Salience in Personal Financial Decision Making: Applications to Annuities, Life Insurance, Charitable Gifts, Estate Planning, Conspicuous Consumption, and Healthcare

Journal of Financial Therapy, 2016
The study of personal mortality salience and the denial of death have a long history in psychology leading to the modern field of Terror Management Theory.
Russell N James III
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Life Expectancy Heterogeneity and Pension Fairness: An Italian North-South Divide

Risks, 2021
This work documents a persistent life expectancy heterogeneity by gender and geography in Italy during the period 1995–2019. Based on deviations of life expectancy at age 65, it quantifies the implicit tax/subsidy mechanism triggered when pensions ...
Fabrizio Culotta
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Coresidence: How parental characteristics matter

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Coresidence in the parental home is known to depend on young adult characteristics and market conditions, but there is more limited knowledge on whether or how parental characteristics matter. We model the coresidence outcome as a multigenerational joint optimization decision and use Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to examine the ...
Arthur Acolin, Desen Lin, Susan M. Wachter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Set for Life: Old-Age Pensions Provided by Hospitals in Late-Medieval Amsterdam

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Hospitals were among the wealthiest organizations in medieval cities. Their directors managed portfolios consisting of real estate and financial instruments; as a result, they also handled large quantities of money.
Zuijderduijn Jaco
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Optimal Decision-Making for Annuity Insurance Under the Perspective of Disability Risk

Mathematics
Annuity insurance is a crucial financial tool for mitigating risks associated with aging, yet it has not gained significant traction in China’s insurance market, especially amid the challenges posed by an aging population.
Ziran Xu, Lufei Sun, Xiang Yuan
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