Current projects / working papers
“On the complementarity of public and private pensions: Equity, efficiency, and optimal design” (June 2026) with Chung Tran [Latest version] | [CAMA WP]
“Mortgage interest deduction, fiscal arbitrage, and welfare” (June 2026) with Maurice Hofmann [Latest version]
“Asset-tested pensions, retirement saving, and pension incidence: Quantitative evidence from Australia” (June 2026) [Latest version]
“Inheritance taxation, retirement wealth, and intergenerational welfare” (May 2026) [Latest version]
“Fertility and education decisions in developing countries: The role of social norms” (Feb 2026) (R&R at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization) with Trang Le & John Piggott [Latest version] | [CAMA WP]
“Progressive income-contingent student loans” (Nov 2025) (R&R at Review of Economic Dynamics) with Yue Hua [Latest version] | [CEPAR WP]
Other working papers
“The economy-wide effects of mandating private retirement incomes”, CEPAR WP (Apr 2023) [CEPAR WP]
“Sectoral choices and household welfare in emerging economies: Evidence from Vietnam”, (May 2024) with H Hoang [CEPAR WP]
"Retirement financing with private pension and housing assets”, with C Tran & A Woodland [Abstract]
Publications - refereed journals & book chapters
“Self-control preferences and public pension analysis”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2026 (with Daniel Wheadon, Gonzalo Castex & Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Pensions and participation: Evidence from World War II veterans in Australia”, Economic Record 2025 (with David Rodgers & Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Sustainable and equitable pension reform for emerging economies: An application to Indonesia”, Economic Modelling 2025 (with John Piggott & Phitawat Poonpolkul) [Link]
“Pensions, Income Taxes and Homeownership: A Cross-country Analysis”, International Economic Review 2024 (with Hans Fehr & Maurice Hofmann) [Link]
“Nonlinear means-tested pensions: Welfare and distributional analyses”, Economic Modelling 2024 (with D Wheadon, G Castex & A Woodland) [Link]
“Pension Policy in Emerging Asian Economies with Population Ageing: What Do We Know, Where Should We Go?”, in Bloom, D., Sousa-Poza, A. & Sunde, U. (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Ageing, Routledge 2023 (with P. O'Keefe & J. Piggott) [Link]
“Macro-Demographics and Ageing in Emerging Asia: The Case of Indonesia”, Journal of Population Ageing 2022 (with Trang Le & John Piggott) [Link]
“Sustainable and Equitable Pensions with Means Testing in Aging Economies”, European Economic Review 2022 (with Chung Tran & Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Intergenerational Programmes bringing together community dwelling non-familial older adults and children: A Systematic Review”, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2021 (with Peters R. et al. ) [Link]
“Means-tested public pensions: Designs and impact for an ageing demographic”, in Bloom, D. (ed.), Live Long and Prosper? The Economics of Ageing Populations, CEPR Press 2019 (with John Piggott) [Link]
“Facing Demographic Challenges: Pension Cuts or Tax Hikes?”, Macroeconomics Dynamics 2019 (with Chung Tran & Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Progressive Tax Changes to Superannuation in a Life Cycle Framework: Australia”, in Holzmann, R. & Piggott, J. (ed.), The Taxation of Pensions, MIT Press 2018 (with Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Comparing budget repair measures for a small open economy with growing debt”, Journal of Macroeconomics 2018 (with Chung Tran) [Link]
“Australia’s Retirement Income Policy: Means Testing and Taxation of Pensions”, CESifo DICE Report 2016 [Link]
“Economy-Wide Effects of Means-Tested Pensions: The Case of Australia”, Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2016 [Link]
The Dynamic Fiscal Effects of Demographic Shift: The Case of Australia”, Economic Modelling 2015 (with Chung Tran & Alan Woodland) [Link]
Macroeconomic and Welfare Effects of the 2010 Changes to Mandatory Superannuation”, Economic Record 2013 (with Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Implications of the 2009 Age Pension Reform in Australia: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis”, Economic Record 2011 (with Alan Woodland) [Link]
“Economic Effects of Population Growth and Ageing in Australia”, in A Sustainable Population? - Key Policy Issues, Productivity Commission 2011 (with Alan Woodland) [Link]
“An Intertemporal General Equilibrium Analysis of the Australian Age Pension Means Test”, Journal of Macroeconomics 2011 (with Alan Woodland) [Link]
Publications - commissioned reports & policy submissions
Kudrna G., Piggott, J. & Poonpolkul, P. (2021), “The overlapping generations (OLG) model for pension policy analysis in emerging economies”, Report for the World Bank.
Kudrna G., Le, T. & Piggott, J. (2020), “Review Report on Demographics, Labour Force and Older People in Indonesia”, Report for the World Bank.
Bateman, H., Chomik R., de Cure M., Keane M., Kudrna G., Piggott J., Sherris M. & Woodland A.(2020), “CEPAR Submission to the Retirement Income Review”.
Kudrna G. (2017), “The Norwegian Pension Reform: An External Perspective”, Commissioned Research Paper Prepared for Fafo Research Foundation and Frisch Centre, Norway
Kudrna G. (2016), “Population Ageing and Housing: Policy Implications”, Report Prepared for the 2016 NSW Long-Term Fiscal Pressures (Intergenerational) Report
Kudrna G. (2016), “The Effects of Changing the Age Pension Means Test: A Lifecycle Model Simulation”, Report Prepared for the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI).
Chomik R., Piggott J., Woodland A., Kudrna G. & Kumru C. (2015), “Means-testing Social Security: Modelling and Policy Analysis”, Summary Report for Research Grant UM15-14 from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) through the Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC).
Kudrna G. & Woodland A. (2010), “Simulating Policy Changes Using a Dynamic Overlapping Generations Model of the Australian Economy”, Commissioned Research Paper for the Australia's Future Tax System (AFTS) Review Panel.