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Welcome to the Powerpoint Presentations section of the Official Website of Estelle James. Featured here are some of Dr. James' presentations from around the world, addressing social security reform, multi-pillar systems, and related topics. They are listed here by title. Feel free to download these presentations for later viewing by right-clicking on the presentation title (PC) or click-and-holding your mouse button on the title (Mac) and saving them to your hard drive.

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Presented at World Bank core course on pensions, Washington D.C.
November, 2007: Issues in Disability Insurance

Presented at the OECD, Paris
October, 2007: The Impact of Private Participation on Disability Costs: Evidence from Chile

Presented at the Michegan Retirement Research Consortium, Ann Arbor, MI
April, 2007: Crowd-out, Adverse Selection and Information in Annuity Markets: Evidence fromt he Payout Phase of Chilean DC Plan

Presented at World Bank Human Development Week, Washington D.C.
November, 2006: Payout Polices and Choices in Chile (and Some Camparisons)

Presented at the Pensions Conference of the Irish Insurance Federation, Dublin
November, 2006: What Other Countries Have Done: Issues for Government and Providers

Presented at the OECD, Paris
October, 2006: Did the Chilean Pension Reform Postpone Retirement

Presented at University of Lund Pensions Conference, Lund
September, 2006: The Gender Impact of Pension Reform — What Is It and Why?

Presented at World Bank core course on pensions, Washington D.C.
November, 2005: Annuity Markets and Policy Issues in Reformed Social Security Systems

Presented at annual conference of the Federacion Internacional de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones-FIAP, Cartagena, Colombia
May, 2005: The Pillars of Old Age Security: How are they working?

Presented at CSIS conference, Washington D.C.
June, 2005: A Centrist Solution to Social Security's Problems

Presented at at NBER Social Security Workshop, Cambridge Mass
(co-author Alejandra Cox Edwards)
July, 2005: Do Individual Accounts Postpone Retirement? Evidence from Chile

Presented at The University of Maryland
January, 2005: How to Solve Social Security's Problems in the US

Presented at World Bank Video Conference
December, 2004: Administrative Costs—How to Compare Them and Control Them

Presented at a Hill briefing set up by NCPA
December, 2004: Design Features of an IA System: What Can We Learn from other Countries?

Presented at Board of Central Provident Fund
June, 2004: Payout Choices in Chile—and Comparisons with Singapore

Presented at Singapore Council of Women's Organizations
June, 2004: The Payout Stage in Singapore and Chile—and Implications
for Older Women

Presented at USAID workshop
Jakarta — June, 2004: Reforming Social Security: What can Indonesia learn
from Other Countries?

Presented at World Bank Video Conference
April, 2004: Gender Impact of Social Security Reform

Presented to AEA meetings (co-authors G. Martinez and A. Iglesias)
January, 2004: Payout Choices in Chile: What are they and Why?

Presented at Multi-Pensions Conference
Amsterdam — December, 2003: Who Will Bear the risk of BD Plans and DC Annuities?

Presented at Industrial Relations Research Association
Washington, DC — September 19, 2001: Key Decisions in Constructing a Social Security System that Includes Individual Accounts


Delivered at World Bank Institute Conference on "Designing and Modeling Social Security Reform"
Beijing, China — June 4 - 8, 2001: Basic Principles of Pension Economics
Key Pension Policy Choices: The How's and Why's of Pension Reform

Delivered at World Bank Institute Conference on "Social Security and Pension Reform: Second Generation and Implementation Issues"
Budapest, Hungary — January 22- 30, 2001: Commonalities and Diversities in Multi-Pillar Systems
The Economic Impact of Pension Reform and Its Implementation
Comparative Costs of Individual Account Systems
Annuities Markets and Related Policy Issues


For a Symposium on Social Security at Washington and Lee Law School
Virginia, USA — April 2, 2001: What Can We Learn from Other Countries About the Why's and How's
of an Individual Account System in the US


For a briefing on Capitol Hill set up by the International Society of Actuaries
Washington, DC — May 7, 2001: Criteria for Social Security Reforms — An International Perspective


For the Heritage Foundation Conference on The Crisis in Pension and Health Reform in Europe
Washington, DC — April 26, 2001: Is There a European Pension Crisis — and What Are the Implications for the US?


Delivered at World Bank / Asian Development Bank Conference on Reform of Social Security System and Provident Funds
Rayong, Thailand — September 2000: Criteria for Pension Reform in Thailand
Key Social Security Policy Choices in Thailand
(When) Should Coverage of Social Security Systems Expand?

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