Professor Warwick McKibbin AO, CEPAR Chief Investigator and Director of Policy Engagement, has been appointed as a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
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Organisations and their leaders will need to take a different approach to innovation with a more dispersed and virtual workforce in the future, say UNSW Business School's Senior Deputy Dean Professor Leisa Sargent and CEPAR Director and Scientia Professor of Economics John Piggott.
Explore our list of news articles about CEPAR researchers and activities published in 2021.
CEPAR research related to COVID-19: publications and current/planned research.
A recent study by CEPAR Graduate Phitawat Poonpolkul of the Australian National University argues that the conventional welfare assessment omits at least two important aspects: age-dependent risk aversion that plays a crucial role in economic decisions, and changes in future uncertainties that may complicate individuals’ lifetime planning. In this Austaxpolicy piece he explains why these two aspects are necessary.
There are a number of new ways to assist with funding long-term care using housing wealth, according to CEPAR Associate Investigator Dr Katja Hanewald and co-authors.
CEPAR hosted a special online session on Pensions and COVID-19: The Global Experience, supported by the International Pension Research Association (IPRA), on December 14, 2020.
A recent study by CEPAR Associate Investigator Professor Carol Jagger and Dr Andrew Kingston of Newcastle University UK, in collaboration with Deputy Director Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey, CEPAR Associate Investigators Professor Julie Byles, and Dr Kim Kiely, has examined the impact of smoking and obesity on disability-free life expectancy at older ages. The findings emphasise the need to invest in prevention programs to reduce rates of smoking and obesity.
Over 100 representatives from the wider research community, government and industry participated in the 28th Colloquium on Pensions and Retirement Research, which was co-hosted by CEPAR and the School of Risk & Actuarial Studies in the UNSW Business School.