Essays about: "The Swedish pension system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words The Swedish pension system.

1. 1. Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: An Analysis of the Swedish Premium Pension System

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Yasmine Ben Rouha; Preet Kawal Kaur; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : decision making; investment behavior; gender differences; risk; risk attitude; PPS; PPS choices; funds;

   Abstract : This thesis examines gender differences in investment behavior within the Swedish Premium Pension System for the years 2015-2022. The thesis uses the pension system as a case study to identify possible differences in risk attitude, factors that affect and whether gender has an impact on the level of home bias in investment decisions. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable Investments in Times of Crisis

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Anton Johanson; Tobias Persson; [2023]
   Keywords : Funds value added; Gross and net alpha; Covid-19; ESG; Green and Brown funds;

   Abstract : This paper examines the effect of Covid-19 on green and brown funds in the Swedish Premium Pension System (PPS). We apply the methodology derived in Berk and van Binsbergen (2015) in a difference-in-difference model with time-fixed effects to estimate the average effect of Covid-19 on green funds for both value added and conventional alpha measures. READ MORE

4. 3. The Individualised Swedish Pension System: A qualitative study on foreign-born women's retirement planning

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Arvid Söderström; [2022]
   Keywords : The Swedish pension system; Retirement planning; Economic demography; Foreign-born women; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Swedish pension reform in the 1990s introduced several individualistic features and a debate has emerged on the implications of the structure and if policymakers behind the reform had unrealistic assumptions on economic behaviour. Given the potential negative implications of the current structure and the projections on how foreign-born women is at risk of receiving future low pensions, a qualitative study was done focusing on the individual reflections on how some foreign-born women perceive their future retirement and how they navigate when making pension-related decisions. READ MORE

5. 4. A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Mahmuda Ireen; [2022]
   Keywords : Swedish pension policy; Singapore s pension policy; Esping-Andersen;

   Abstract : The pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. READ MORE

6. 5. The Inflation Sensitivity of the Swedish Pension System : A study on how inflation affects the equality of consumption between Swedish pensioners

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Moa Torstensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Swedish pension system; Inflation; Pension; Equality; Equality of consumption; Inflation sensitivity; Discretionary spending;

   Abstract : The much-debated topic of the pension system together with the currently elevated levels of inflation give rise to the question of how well the pension system is equipped to deal with a prolonged period of inflation. The current system was introduced in the 1990s and since then it has been operating in a period of low and stable inflation. READ MORE