New methods in pension evaluation : Applications of trajectory analysis and dynamic microsimulation

Abstract

This study gives an overview of two new methods in pension evaluation finite mixture modeling technique called trajectory analysis and dynamic microsimulation. Trajectory analysis and microsimulation can be used to study longitudinal datasets and various topics related to life courses. In this study, the applications of these methods focus on early career labor market attachment, insurance behavior of the self-employed and evaluation of the 2017 pension reform. Furthermore, this study discusses measurement and classification questions in pension research. The analyzes are based on the register data of the Finnish Centre for Pensions.

The printed publication contains all the articles, the pdf version contains the articles I, III and IV.