Wharton-SMU Research Center

In-House Seminar

Guest Speaker:

Professor Olivia S. Mitchell
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Topic:

New Roles for Pensions in Development

Chairman:

Associate Professor of Economics Phang Sock Yong

Venue:

Seminar Room 5,  Singapore Management University, 11 Evans Road, Singapore 259368

Date:

Monday, 16 July 2001, at 4.30 pm

Reservation:

This seminar is free. Places are limited. Please confirm your attendance by Friday, 13 July 2001, 12 noon with Ms. Lim Lih Yeng at lylim@smu.edu.sg or telephone: 822-0197.

About the seminar:

Fiscal problems are prompting many nations to amend and sometimes restructure their national old-age programs. As this proceeds, countries often seek guidance on how to redesign market and regulatory structures to enhance their chances of success. This presentation will investigate the types of risks facing participants in retirement systems, and examine which financial, regulatory, and labor market institutions appear most supportive of retirement system reforms.

About the speaker:

Professor Olivia S. Mitchell is the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, and the Executive Director, Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  She joined the Wharton faculty in 1993. Her previous appointments were with Harvard University and Cornell University.

Her research areas are in the economics of pensions; employee benefits, compensation; private and social insurance; risk and crisis management; health and retirement analysis and policy; labor and public economics; international social security and pensions.  Her current projects are in the economics of annuities; global social security and pension reform; retirement, wealth and health; public and private pensions.