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Associate Professor Katja Hanewald

Associate Professor Katja Hanewald

Associate Professor
Business School
School of Risk and Actuarial Studies

Katja Hanewald is an Associate Professor in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, an Associate Investigator in the, and Vice Presidentof the . Her research models longevity and healthy ageing trends and develops risk management and insurance responses to population ageing. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in leading insurance, actuarial, economics, and medical journals, is a Co-Editor of the North American Actuarial Journal, an Editor of theJournal of Pension Economics and Finance, and is a member of the editorial boards of the ASTIN Bulletin,the Risk Management and Insurance Review, and the Journal of Retirement. Katja obtained her PhD in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2010 and worked as an Economist at the German Federal Ministry of Finance from 2013 to 2015.

Research interests: Insurance economics; actuarial studies; longevity trends, healthy ageing and long-term care trends; design of public and private insurance programs to manage retirement risks; housing wealth as a source of retirement funding; behavioural aspects of financial planning; China
Phone
+61 2 9385 6174
E-mail
k.hanewald@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 576A, Level 5, East Wing, Business School Building - Ref E12
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Chen S; Chen S; Hanewald K; Si Y; Bateman H; Li B; Xu X; Samtani S; Wu C; Brodaty H, 2024, 'Social Environment, Lifestyle, and Genetic Predisposition With Dementia Risk: A Long-Term Longitudinal Study Among Older Adults', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 79,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chen S; Si Y; Hanewald K; Li B; Wu C; Xu X; Bateman H, 2023, 'Association between multimorbidity and informal long-term care use in China: a nationwide cohort study', BMC Geriatrics, 23, pp. 700,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Deng Y; Fang H; Hanewald K; Wu S, 2023, 'Delay the Pension Age or Adjust the Pension Benefit? Implications for Labor Supply and Individual Welfare in China', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 212, pp. 1192 - 1215,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Si Y; Bateman H; Chen S; Hanewald K; Li B; Su M; Zhou Z, 2023, 'Quantifying the financial impact of overuse in primary care in China: A standardised patient study', Social Science and Medicine, 320,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Si Y; Hanewald K; Chen S; Li B; Bateman H; Beard JR, 2023, 'Life-course inequalities in intrinsic capacity and healthy ageing, China', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 101, pp. 307 - 316C,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zheng W; Lyu Y; Jia R; Hanewald K, 2023, 'The impact of expected pensions on consumption: Evidence from China', Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 22, pp. 69 - 87,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Beard JR; Si Y; Liu Z; Chenoweth L; Hanewald K, 2022, 'Intrinsic Capacity: Validation of a New WHO Concept for Healthy Aging in a Longitudinal Chinese Study', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 77, pp. 94 - 100,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen S; Si Y; Hanewald K; Li B; Bateman H; Dai X; Wu C; Tang S, 2022, 'Disease burden of ageing, sex and regional disparities and health resources allocation: a longitudinal analysis of 31 provinces in Mainland China', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e064641,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wang Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, 2022, 'Multistate health transition modeling using neural networks', Journal of Risk and Insurance,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yang S; Hanewald K, 2022, 'Life Satisfaction of Middle-Aged and Older Chinese: The Role of Health and Health Insurance', Social Indicators Research, 160, pp. 601 - 624,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Eling M; Ghavibazoo O; Hanewald K, 2021, 'Willingness to take financial risks and insurance holdings: A European survey', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 95,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hanewald K; Jia R; Liu Z, 2021, 'Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China', China Economic Review, 66, pp. 1 - 20,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Li H; Hanewald K; Wu S, 2021, 'Healthy life expectancy in China: Modelling and implications for public and private insurance', Annals of Actuarial Science, 15, pp. 40 - 56,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lu Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, 2021, 'Subnational mortality modelling: A bayesian hierarchical model with common factors', Risks, 9,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hanewald K; Bateman H; Fang H; Wu S, 2020, 'Is there a demand for reverse mortgages in China? Evidence from two online surveys', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 169, pp. 19 - 37,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hanewald K; Li H; Shao AW, 2019, 'Modelling multi-state health transitions in China: a generalised linear model with time trends', Annals of Actuarial Science, 13, pp. 145 - 165,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Shao AW; Hanewald K; Michael SA, 2018, 'House Price Models for Banking and Insurance Applications: The Impact of Property Characteristics', Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 12, pp. 26 - 26
    Journal articles | 2018
    Shao AW; Hanewald K; Sherris M, 2018, 'House Price Models for Banking and Insurance Applications: The Impact of Property Characteristics', Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 12, pp. 20170003,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Blackburn C; Hanewald K; Olivieri A; Sherris M, 2017, 'Longevity Risk Management and Shareholder Value for a Life Annuity Business', ASTIN Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association, 47, pp. 43 - 77,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hanewald K, 2017, 'King William's Tontine: Why the Retirement Annuity of the Future Should Resemble its Past', JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS & FINANCE, 16, pp. 267 - 269,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hanewald K; Post T; Sherris M, 2016, 'Portfolio Choice in Retirement - What is the Optimal Home Equity Release Product?', Journal of Risk and Insurance, 83, pp. 421 - 446,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cho D; Hanewald K; Sherris M, 2015, 'Risk Analysis for Reverse Mortgages with Different Payout Designs', Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 9, pp. 77 - 105,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Milevsky M, 2015, 'King William's Tontine', ,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Shao AW; Hanewald K; Sherris M, 2015, 'Reverse mortgage pricing and risk analysis allowing for idiosyncratic house price risk and longevity risk', Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 63, pp. 76 - 90,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Alai DH; Chen H; Cho D; Hanewald K; Sherris M, 2014, 'Developing Equity Release Markets: Risk Analysis for Reverse Mortgages and Home Reversions', North American Actuarial Journal, 18, pp. 217 - 241,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Nirmalendran M; Sherris M; Hanewald K, 2014, 'Pricing and solvency of value-maximizing life annuity providers', ASTIN Bulletin, 44, pp. 39 - 61,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Hanewald K; Piggott J; Sherris M, 2013, 'Individual post-retirement longevity risk management under systematic mortality risk', Insurance Mathematics and Economics, 52, pp. 87 - 97,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Hanewald K; Sherris M, 2013, 'Postcode-Level House Price Models for Banking and Insurance Applications', Economic Record,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Post T; Hanewald K, 2013, 'Longevity risk, subjective survival expectations, and individual saving behavior', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 86, pp. 200 - 220,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Hanewald K; Hecht C, 2012, 'Who Responds to Tax Reforms? Evidence from the Life Insurance Market', Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 37, pp. 5 - 26,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Hanewald K; Post T; Gründl H, 2011, 'Stochastic Mortality, Macroeconomic Risks and Life Insurer Solvency', Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 36, pp. 458 - 475,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Hanewald K, 2011, 'Explaining Mortality Dynamics: The Role of Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Cause of Death Trends', North American Actuarial Journal, 15, pp. 290 - 314,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Hanewald K, 2010, 'Factors Driving Aggregate Mortality Rates in Postwar Germany', Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft, 99, pp. 211 - 229,
  • Working Papers | 2023
    Chen S; Chen S; Si Y; Hanewald K; Bateman H; Li B; Xu X; Samtani S; Wu C; Brodaty H, 2023, Aggregate social factors, genetic predispositions, and lifestyle with risk of dementia: A long-term cohort study,
    Working Papers | 2023
    Chen S; Si Y; Hanewald K; Li B; Wu C; Xu X; Bateman H, 2023, Association between multimorbidity and informal long-term care use among older people in China: A nationwide cohort study,
    Working Papers | 2021
    Deng Y; Fang H; Hanewald K; Wu S, 2021, Delay the Pension Age or Adjust the Pension Benefit? Implications for Labor Supply and Individual Welfare in China, 28897, ,
    Working Papers | 2021
    Eling M; Omid G; Hanewald K, 2021, Willingness to take financial risks and insurance holdings: A European survey, No. 2021/04, ,
    Working Papers | 2020
    Li H; Hanewald K; Wu S, 2020, Healthy Life Expectancy in China: Modeling and Implications for Public and Private Insurance, SSRN, ,
    Working Papers | 2020
    Lu Q; Hanewald K; Villegas AM; Wang X, 2020, Subnational old-age mortality modeling: Accounting for underreporting in a Bayesian framework, 2020/23, ,
    Working Papers | 2020
    Wang Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, 2020, Multi-State Health Transition Modeling Using Neural Networks, Wiley, No. 2020/25, ,
    Working Papers | 2020
    Zheng W; Jia R; Lyu Y; Hanewald K, 2020, The impact of expected pensions on consumption: Evidence from China, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), No. 2020/03, ,
    Working Papers | 2019
    Hanewald K; Jia R; Liu Z, 2019, Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China, Elsevier, 2019/10, ,
    Working Papers | 2019
    Lu Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, 2019, Bayesian hierarchical multi-population mortality modelling for China's provinces, 2019/17, ,
    Working Papers | 2019
    Yang S; Hanewald K, 2019, Life Satisfaction of Older Chinese: The Role of Health and Health Insurance, Elsevier BV, 2019/16, ,
    Working Papers | 2018
    Hanewald K; Bateman H; Fang H; Wu S, 2018, Is There a Demand for Reverse Mortgages in China? Evidence from Two Online Surveys, Elsevier, 2018/22, ,
    Working Papers | 2017
    Hanewald K; Han L; Shao AW, 2017, Modeling Multi-State Health Transitions in China: A Generalized Linear Model with Time Trends, ,
    Working Papers | 2017
    Li H; Hanewald K; Wu S, 2017, Estimating Healthy Life Expectancy: A Province-by-Province Study for China, 2017/14, ,
    Working Papers | 2014
    Hanewald K; Kluge F, 2014, The Impact of Family Structure on Risk Attitudes and Financial Decisions during the Financial Crisis,
    Working Papers | 2013
    Blackburn C; Hanewald K; Olivieri A; Sherris M, 2013, Life Insurer Longevity Risk Management, Solvency and Shareholder Value, 2013ACTL20,
    Working Papers | 2013
    Shao AW; Sherris M; Hanewald K, 2013, Disaggregated house price indices, 2013ACTL09,
    Working Papers |
    Hanewald K; Sherris M, House Price Risk Models for Banking and Insurance Applications, 201118,
    Working Papers |
    Nirmalendran M; Sherris M; Hanewald K, Solvency Capital, Pricing and Capitalization Strategies of Life Annuity Providers, 201213,
  • Preprints | 2023
    Si Y; Bateman H; Chen S; Hanewald K; Li B; Su M; Zhou Z, 2023, Does Physician Over-Service Improve the Quality of Care? A Standardised Patient Audit Study, ,
    Preprints | 2022
    Si Y; Bateman H; Chen S; Hanewald K; Li B; Su M; Zhou Z, 2022, Quantifying the Financial Impact of Overuse in Primary Care in China,
    Preprints | 2022
    Si Y; Hanewald K; Chen S; Li B; Bateman H; Beard J, 2022, Life-course Inequalities in Intrinsic Capacity among Chinese Older Adults, ,
    Reports | 2020
    Hanewald K; Piggott J, 2020, CEPAR submission to the DFAT consultation on new international development policy, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), ,
    Reports | 2019
    Li H; Hanewald K; Liao P, 2019, Constructing occupation-specific life tables for China, Society of Actuaries,
    Preprints |
    Alai DH; Chen H; Cho DW; Hanewald K; Sherris M, Developing Equity Release Markets: Risk Analysis for Reverse Mortgages and Home Reversions, ,
    Preprints |
    Chen S; Si Y; Hanewald K; Li B; Bateman H; Dai X; Wu C; Tang S, Age-Related Disease Burdens, Disparities, and Health Resource Allocation: A Longitudinal Data Analysis of 31 Provinces in Mainland China, ,
    Preprints |
    Cho DW; Hanewald K; Sherris M, Risk Management and Payout Design of Reverse Mortgages,
    Preprints |
    Deng Y; Fang H; Hanewald K; Wu S, Delay the Pension Age or Adjust the Pension Benefit? Implications for Labor Supply and Individual Welfare in China, ,
    Preprints |
    Deng Y; Fang H; Hanewald K; Wu S, Delay the Pension Age or Adjust the Pension Benefit? Implications for Labor Supply and Individual Welfare in China, ,
    Preprints |
    Deng Y; Fang H; Hanewald K; Wu S, Delay the Pension Age or Adjust the Pension Benefit? Implications for Labor Supply and Individual Welfare in China, ,
    Preprints |
    Eling M; Ghavibazoo O; Hanewald K, Willingness to take financial risks and insurance holdings: A European survey, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Bateman H; Fang H; Ho TL, Long-Term Care Insurance Financing Using Home Equity Release: Evidence from an Online Experimental Survey, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Bateman H; Fang H; Wu S, Is There a Demand for Reverse Mortgages in China? Evidence from Two Online Surveys, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Kluge F, The Impact of Family Structure on Risk Attitudes and Financial Decisions during the Financial Crisis, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Li H; Shao AW, Modeling Multi-State Health Transitions in China: A Generalized Linear Model with Time Trends,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Gründl H, Stochastic Mortality, Macroeconomic Risks, and Life Insurer Solvency,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Gründl H, Stochastic Mortality, Macroeconomic Risks, and Life Insurer Solvency, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Gründl H, Stochastic Mortality, Macroeconomic Risks, and Life Insurer Solvency, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Sherris M, Portfolio Choice in Retirement - What is the Optimal Home Equity Release Product?, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Sherris M, Portfolio Choice in Retirement What is the Optimal Home Equity Release Product?, ,
    Preprints |
    Hanewald K; Post T; Sherris M, Portfolio Choice in Retirement: What is the Optimal Home Equity Release Product?, ,
    Preprints |
    Li H; Hanewald K; Wu S, Estimating Healthy Life Expectancy: A Province-by-Province Study for China,
    Preprints |
    Lu Q; Hanewald K; Villegas A; Wang X, Subnational Old-Age Mortality Modeling: Accounting for Underreporting in a Bayesian Framework, ,
    Preprints |
    Lu Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, Bayesian Hierarchical Multi-Population Mortality Modelling for China’s Provinces, ,
    Preprints |
    Nirmalendran M; Sherris M; Hanewald K, Solvency Capital, Pricing and Capitalization Strategies of Life Annuity Providers, ,
    Preprints |
    Post T; Hanewald K, Longevity Risk, Subjective Survival Expectations, and Individual Saving Behavior, ,
    Preprints |
    Post T; Hanewald K, Longevity Risk, Subjective Survival Expectations, and Individual Saving Behavior, ,
    Preprints |
    Shao AW; Hanewald K; Sherris M, Reverse Mortgage Pricing and Risk Analysis Allowing for Idiosyncratic House Price Risk and Longevity Risk, ,
    Preprints |
    Shao AW; Sherris M; Hanewald K, Disaggregated House Price Indices, ,
    Preprints |
    Stafford T; Zhang X; Hanewald K, Rural-urban Migration and the Health of Left-behind Older Adults, ,
    Preprints |
    Wang Q; Hanewald K; Wang X, Multi-State Health Transition Modeling Using Neural Networks, ,
  • Media | 2020
    Hanewald K; Eaton R; Ho TL, 2020, The Home Stretch: Accessing Home Value to Fund Long-Term Care, Society of Actuaries, ,
    Media | 2020
    Hanewald K; Yang S, 2020, Life satisfaction of older Chinese: The role of health and health insurance, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), ,
    Media | 2020
    Hanewald K, 2020, The home stretch: accessing home value to fund long-term care, Business School, ,
    Media | 2019
    Hanewald K, 2019, Chinese experience informs our reverse mortgage market, Business School, ,