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  1. Analyzing the demographic coherence of selected US, Australian and Chinese biometric data sets used to price long-term care insurance and life care annuities

    Article • Quality & Quantity, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  2. Joint life care annuities to help retired couples to finance the cost of long-term care

    Article • Insurance Mathematics and Economics, November 2023, Elsevier

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  3. Transforming the supplementary table on pension liabilities (Table 29) into an actuarial balance sheet

    Article • Public Money & Management, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  4. Mortality and life expectancy trends in Spain by pension income level for male pensioners in the general regime retiring at the statutory age, 2005–2018

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  5. Improving Decision Making Information: “Table 29” to an Actuarial Balance Sheet

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  6. Differences in Life Expectancy Between Self-Employed Workers and Paid Employees when Retirement Pensioners: Evidence from Spanish Social Security Records

    Article • European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  7. The Importance of Reporting a Pension System’s Income Statement and Budgeted Variances in a Fair and Sustainable Scheme

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  8. Does the pension system’s income statement really matter? A proposal for an NDC scheme with disability and minimum pension benefits

    Article • Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  9. Improving the Representativeness of a Simple Random Sample: An Optimization Model and Its Application to the Continuous Sample of Working Lives

    Article • Mathematics, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  10. Unisex life care annuities embedded in a pay-as-you-go pension system: Analysing the issue of gender redistribution

    Article • Journal of Population Ageing, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Manuel Ventura-Marco, Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  11. Social Insurance Accounting for a Notional Defined Contribution Scheme Combining Retirement and Long-Term Care Benefits.

    Article • Sustainability, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  12. An NDC approach to helping pensioners cope with the cost of long-term care

    Article • Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, April 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  13. Evaluación de las tarifas de las pensiones de Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales (2011-2015)

    Article • Innovar, October 2017, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  14. A “Swedish” actuarial balance for a notional defined contribution pension scheme with disability and minimum pension benefits

    Article • International Social Security Review, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  15. The continuous sample of working lives: improving its representativeness

    Article • SERIEs, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  16. Converting retirement benefit into a life care annuity with graded benefits

    Article • Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  17. Análisis de la representatividad de la MCVL: el caso de las prestaciones del sistema público de pensiones

    Article • Revista Hacienda Pública Española, June 2016, Instituto Estudios Fiscales

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  18. Life Care Annuities (LCA) Embedded in a Notional Defined Contribution (NDC) Framework

    Article • Astin Bulletin, February 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  19. Integrating retirement and permanent disability in NDC pension schemes

    Article • Applied Economics, September 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  20. Notional defined contribution pension schemes: why does only Sweden distribute the survivor dividend?

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  21. AN ACTUARIAL BALANCE SHEET MODEL FOR DEFINED BENEFIT PAY-AS-YOU-GO PENSION SYSTEMS WITH DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT CONTINGENCIES

    Article • Astin Bulletin, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA, Manuel Ventura-Marco

  22. An assessment of the 2011 Spanish pension reform using the Swedish system as a benchmark

    Article • Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, December 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  23. Nonfinancial defined contribution pension schemes: is a survivor dividend necessary to make the system balanced?

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  24. Compiling the actuarial balance for pay-as-you-go pension systems. Is it better to use the hidden asset or the contribution asset?

    Article • Applied Economics, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  25. The Actuarial Balance of the PAYG Pension System: The Swedish NDC Model versus the DB-Type Models

    Article • November 2012, World Bank

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  26. Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World

    Article • June 2012, World Bank

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  27. La información individual para el cotizante: algunas recomendaciones para el caso español a partir de la experiencia internacional

    Article • Revista Internacional de Seguridad Social, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  28. Individuelle Altersrenteninformationen für Beitragszahler: Empfehlungen für Spanien auf der Grundlage internationaler Erfahrungen

    Article • Internationale Revue für Soziale Sicherheit, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  29. Individual information for pension contributors: Recommendations for Spain based on international experience

    Article • International Social Security Review, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  30. Informer les cotisants des régimes de pension: recommandations pour l'Espagne à la lumière de l'expérience internationale

    Article • Revue Internationale de Sécurité Sociale, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  31. An Actuarial Balance Model for DB PAYG Pension Systems with Disability and Retirement Contingencies

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  32. El balance actuarial del sistema de reparto. Modelo ‘sueco’ frente a modelo ‘EE.UU.’: posible aplicación al caso español

    Article • Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  33. Automatic Balance Mechanisms in Pay-As-You-Go Pension Systems

    Article • The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  34. Automatic Balance Mechanisms in Pay-as-You-Go Pension Systems

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  35. The Actuarial Balance Sheet for Pay‐As‐You‐Go Finance: Solvency Indicators for Spain and Sweden*

    Article • Fiscal Studies, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  36. Cuentas nocionales de aportación definida (NDC): solvencia y riesgo, aplicación al caso español

    Article • Revista Internacional de Seguridad Social, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  37. Comptes fictifs à cotisation définie (NDC): solvabilité et risque en Espagne

    Article • Revue Internationale de Sécurité Sociale, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  38. Fiktive Konten im Festbeitragssystem (NDC): Zahlungsfähigkeit und Risiken in Spanien

    Article • Internationale Revue für Soziale Sicherheit, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  39. Notional defined contributions (NDC): Solvency and risk in Spain

    Article • International Social Security Review, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  40. Subjective Economic Risk to Beneficiaries in Notional Defined Contribution Accounts

    Article • Journal of Risk & Insurance, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  41. Demand for life annuities from married couples with a bequest motive

    Article • Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, May 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  42. Medición y Comparación Internacional de los Costes de Administración Para el Afiliado en las Cuentas Individuales de Capitalización

    Article • Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  43. Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2011 Spanish Pension Reform Using the Swedish System as Benchmark

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  44. Models of the Actuarial Balance of the Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: A Review and Some Policy Recommendations

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  45. The Actuarial Balance of the Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: 'US' Model Versus 'Swedish' Model: Possible Application in the Case of Spain.

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  46. Notes on Using the Hidden Asset or the Contribution Asset to Compile the Actuarial Balance for Pay-as-You-Go Pension Systems

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA

  47. Is the Reform of the Spanish Public Pension System of 2011 Justified from an Actuarial Point of View?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor CARLOS VIDAL-MELIA