Objective Childhood irritability, operationalized as disproportionate and frequent temper
tantrums and low frustration tolerance relative to peers, is a transdiagnostic symptom across …

Background It is important to understand the effects of population ageing on disease burden
and explore conditions that drive poor health in later life to prevent or manage these. We …

We study a stochastic model for a target benefit pension plan suffering from rising longevity
and falling fertility. Policies for postponing retirement are carried out to hedge the payment …

Background Research has generally found a significant inverse relationship in mortality risk
across socioeconomic (SE) groups. This paper focuses on Spain, a country for which there …

Around the world, people are increasingly living to retirement and old age. This poses a
threat to the financing of pension systems. In Denmark, statutory retirement age increases …

This special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics contains 10 contributions to the
academic literature all dealing with longevity risk and capital markets. Draft versions of the …

Population aging is evolving at different rates across countries and over time, and it
represents a long-term challenge for both the sustainability of pension schemes and for the …

As with many social transfer schemes, pension systems around the world are often
progressive: individuals with lower incomes receive a higher percentage of their income as …

The study of the mortality differences between groups has traditionally focused on metrics
that describe average levels of mortality, for example life expectancy and standardized …

Abstract In Denmark and Sweden, statutory retirement age is indexed to life expectancy to
account for mortality improvements in their populations. However, mortality improvements …