PhD Defence: Sigurdur Pall Olafsson

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Sigurdur Pall Olafsson has submitted his thesis entitled:

Essays on Household Saving and Pension Reform

The thesis consists of three self-contained chapters on household consumption and saving. The first chapter asks if households who have lived through periods of economic hardship in which the probability of losing ones job is high, subsequently and persistently raise their precautionary savings. The second chapter studies consumption behavior by education group in Iceland in 2005-2019, a turbulent period with dramatic fluctuations in factor incomes before, during and after the collapse of the country’s banking system. The third chapter asks whether mandatory saving crowds out voluntary saving and, if so, to what extent.

The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk

Primary Supervisor:

Professor Svend Erik Hougaard Jensen
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisors:

Associate Professor Herdis Steingrimsdottir
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Gylfi Zoega
Faculty of Economics
University of Iceland

Assessment Committee:

Associate Professor Daniel Borowczyk-Martins (Chair)
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Hans Fehr
Department of Economics
University of Wuerzburg

Professor Hazel Bateman
School of Risk & Actuarial Studies
University of New South Wales, Sydney

Date: 16 October 2024
Time: 09:00-11:00
Online: Teams

*Please note that the microphone and camera of all spectators must be turned off

Location: Porcelænshaven
Room: PHRs20
Reception: Lobby outside PHRs20

*The CBS PhD School will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence.