Estelle James

SUNY Stony Brook

Professor Emeritus

1337 30th Street NW

Washington, DC 20007

United States

http://www.estellejames.com

Consultant

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (22)

1.

How Can China Solve its Old Age Security Problem? The Interaction between Pension, SOE and Financial Market Reform

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Oct 2001
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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The Political Economy of Structural Pension Reform

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Oct 2001
Estelle James, Estelle James and Sarah Brooks
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Political Science
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The Political Economy of Structural Pension Reform

NEW IDEAS ABOUT OLD AGE SECURITY, Robert Holzmann and Joseph Stiglitz, eds., World Bank, 2001
Posted: 17 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2011
Estelle James, Estelle James and Sarah Brooks
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Political Science

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Annuities Markets Around the World: Money's Worth and Risk Intermediation

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 14 Oct 2001
Estelle James, Estelle James and Xue Song
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and Government of the United States of America - Institute for Women's Policy Research
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Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Apr 1999
Estelle James, Estelle James, Gary D. Ferrier, James Smalhout and Dimitri Vittas
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, University of Arkansas - Sam M. Walton College of Business, Hudson Institute and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System?

NBER Working Paper No. w7049
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Estelle James, Estelle James, Gary D. Ferrier, James Smalhout and Dimitri Vittas
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, University of Arkansas - Sam M. Walton College of Business, Hudson Institute and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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How Can China Provide Income Security for its Rapidly Aging Population?

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James, Estelle James, Cheikh Kane and Monika Queisser
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy Division
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Administrative Costs and the Organization of Individual Retirement Account Systems: A Comparative Perspective

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James, Estelle James, James H. Smalhout and Dimitri Vittas
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, World Bank and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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Annuity Markets in Comparative Perspective: Do Consumers Get Their Money's Worth?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James, Estelle James and Dimitri Vittas
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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The Decumulation (Payout) Phase of Defined Contribution Pillars: Policy Issues in the Provision of Annuities and Other Benefits

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James, Estelle James and Dimitri Vittas
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and World Bank - Financial Sector Development
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The Gender Impact of Pension Reform: And Which Policies Shape this Impact

Number of pages: 193 Posted: 11 Nov 2003
Estelle James, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Rebeca Wong
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Maryland Population Research Center
Downloads 217 (233,243)
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Protecting the Old and Promoting Growth: A Defense of Averting the Old Age Crisis

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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Pension Reform: Is There a Tradeoff between Efficiency and Equity?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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Coverage Under Old Age Security Programs and Protection for the Uninsured - What are the Issues?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Oct 2001
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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Coverage Under Old Age Security Programs and Protection for the Uninsured - What are the Issues?

Posted: 24 Jan 2002
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook

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New Systems for Old Age Security: Theory, Practice, and Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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Is There a Quantity-Quality Tradeoff as Enrollments Increase? Evidence from Tamil Nadu, India

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Palanigounder Duraisamy, Estelle James, Estelle James, Julia Ingrid Lane and Jee-Peng Tan
Madras Institute of Development Studies, ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, American University - Department of Economics and World Bank
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What Can We Learn from Other Countries About the Why's and How's of Individual Accounts in the U.S.?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Aug 2001
Estelle James and Estelle James
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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The Gender Impact of Pension Reform: A Cross-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Estelle James, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Rebeca Wong
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Maryland Population Research Center
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Do Individual Accounts Postpone Retirement: Evidence from Chile

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2005-098
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Feb 2008
Estelle James, Estelle James and Alejandra Cox Edwards
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics
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Crowd-Out, Adverse Selection and Information in Annuity Markets: Evidence from a New Retrospective Data Set in Chile

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2006-147
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Alejandra Cox Edwards, Estelle James and Estelle James
California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics and ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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The Impact of Private Participation on Disability Costs: Evidence from Chile

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2007-161
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Feb 2008
Estelle James, Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Augusto Iglesias
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics and Primerica
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How to Integrate Disability Benefits into an Individual Account System: The Chilean Model

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2006-111
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Feb 2008
Estelle James, Estelle James and Augusto Iglesias
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook and Primerica
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Social Security Rules and Labor Force Participation of Older Workers: Evidence from Chile

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2009-202
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Sep 2009
Alejandra Cox Edwards, Estelle James and Estelle James
California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics and ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook
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Payout Choices by Retirees in Chile: What are They and Why?

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2004-068
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 14 Feb 2008
Estelle James, Estelle James, Barros Martinez Guillermo and Augusto Iglesias
ConsultantSUNY Stony Brook, Primamérica and Primerica
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