By Daisoon Kim & Minchul Yum South Korea has been facing persistently low fertility rates and large gender gaps in labor supply. In response, the government has expanded parental leave benefits to address these challenges. To evaluate the effectiveness of these policies, we develop a quantitative, heterogeneous-household life-cycle model in which couples make joint decisions […]

By Laura T. Starks Although interest in investing according to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) standards is widespread, investment managers face a number of basic considerations with their portfolio choices. In this article, I give a high-level overview of these considerations within the context of the investor motivation: ESG values, ESG value, or both. […]

By Andrew W. Lo, Jillian Ross We identify some of the most pressing issues facing the adoption of large language models (LLMs) in practical settings, and propose a research agenda to reach the next technological inflection point in generative AI. We focus on four challenges facing most LLM applications: domain-specific expertise, an ability to tailor […]

Pension investors should remain calm despite market turbulence caused by US President, Donald Trump’s tariffs, Hargreaves Lansdown head of retirement analysis, Helen Morrissey, has said. Trump announced yesterday (2 April 2025) ​a 10 per cent tariff on all UK imports to the US tariffs, with higher “reciprocal” tariffs for the countries branded the “worst offenders”. […]

Europe’s pension system is becoming increasingly unsustainable, Eiopa chair Petra Hielkema warned. She highlighted that women, self-employed workers and people with limited financial literacy are the most vulnerable, stressing the need for structural reforms to ensure long-term retirement security. The European Union’s pension system is “no longer sustainable” in its current form and must undergo […]

In the last several weeks, the Social Security Administration has become the latest target of DOGE’s sweeping cost-cutting efforts. The Trump administration announced that it would reduce the SSA by about 7,000 employees – 12% of its workforce – and close six of its 10 regional offices. While Trump has vowed not to “touch” social […]

Whilst artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to play an important role in pensions administration, its adoption by individual pension scheme members remains limited, according to the Trafalgar House Trust & Confidence Index. It found that despite a growing awareness of AI-driven tools, most people were not yet using AI to support their retirement decisions. When […]