Associate Professor Katja Hanewald

Associate Professor

Business School

School of Risk and Actuarial Studies

Katja Hanewald is an Associate Professor in the ��¼� School of Risk and Actuarial Studies and a Vice President of the . Her research focuses on longevity, healthy ageing trends and insurance strategies for ageing populations. She has published in leading journals in insurance, actuarial science, economics, and health. Katja is a Co-Editor of the North American Actuarial Journal, an Editor of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, and an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Risk and Insurance and the ASTIN Bulletin.

Research interests: Insurance economics; actuarial studies; longevity, 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, ��¼� Business School Building - Ref E12

Journal articles | 2025

Beard JR; Hanewald K; Si Y; Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan J; Moreno-Agostino D, 2025, 'Cohort trends in intrinsic capacity in England and China', Nature Aging, 5, pp. 87 - 98,

Journal articles | 2025

Beard JR; Hanewald K; Si Y; Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan J; Moreno-Agostino D, 2025, 'Correction to: Cohort trends in intrinsic capacity in England and China (Nature Aging, (2024), 5, 1, (87-98), 10.1038/s43587-024-00741-w)', Nature Aging, 5, pp. 334,

Journal articles | 2025

Chen M; Hanewald K; Si Y; Gu Y; Beard JR, 2025, 'Intrinsic Capacity Across 15 Countries in the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe.', JAMA Netw Open, 8, pp. e259792,

Journal articles | 2025

Hanewald K; Bateman H; Fang H; Ho TL, 2025, 'Housing wealth and long-term care insurance demand: Survey evidence', Journal of Risk and Insurance,

Journal articles | 2025

Hanewald K, 2025, 'Seventy really may be the new sixty for English baby boomers', Nature Aging, 5, pp. 1 - 2,

Journal articles | 2025

Wan C; Bateman H; Hanewald K, 2025, 'Demand for life annuities, critical illness insurance, and long-term care insurance', Journal of Risk and Insurance,

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, pp. 115670,

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,

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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, ,

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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, ,

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Eling M; Ghavibazoo O; Hanewald K, Willingness to take financial risks and insurance holdings: A European survey,

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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,

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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, ��¼� Business School, ,

Media | 2019

Hanewald K, 2019, Chinese experience informs our reverse mortgage market, ��¼� Business School, ,

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