-as-you-go system or will the economy and the workforce be overburdened? The development of the pension level - and thus the … sustainability of the pay-as-you-go system - does not depend primarily on the economic or demographic framework conditions, but …On average, the population in Germany is getting older and older - and as a result, the working population has to pay …

household context influences the decision to retire has so far received little attention, not least due to a lack of data. In … the present study, data from the Socio-Economic Panel and the German Pension Insurance Fund are used to examine the extent … to which couples coordinate their retirement plans and take a joint decision. Our analysis shows that joint retirement …

Old age income security system, institutional change, welfare legacies, political election and party, government system … that embraced a mixture of expansion, retrenchment, and consolidation, and to identify factors explaining this development …. Substantial changes have taken place seen in three institutional areas, following different pathways:(1)initiation and expansion …

Jay Ginn, Uwe Fachinger und Winfried Schmähl 1 Reformen der Alterssicherung und der sozioökonomische Status Älterer … ................................................................................................ 5 I. Ursprünge der staatlichen Alterssicherung................................................................ 5 II …. Reformen der staatlichen Alterssicherung................................................................. 12 III. Altersarmut …

There is a growing retirement crisis and most of the focus has been on the fact that individuals are not saving enough … for retirement, may not have access to pension schemes, and find it difficult to choose from a wide range of retirement …) when death is known (or a term income); (b) when longevity risk is hedged with deferred annuities; and (c) when longevity …

leaves young and middle-aged workers not knowing whether they will face Social Security benefit cuts, payroll tax increases …, or an increase in the full retirement age. This uncertainty about what will happen in the future causes young and middle … calculate the value that people in different income classes and different birth cohorts would receive if the government decided …

. We show that an increasing life expectancy may not be detrimental for the economy or the pension system itself. On the … other hand, conventional policy measures, such as increasing the retirement age or changing the social security contribution … rate could have undesired general equilibrium effects. In particular, both policies decrease capital per worker and might …

Those who are not married or cohabitating in the years before retirement are at greater risk of having inadequate … income in retirement, according to a new study published today by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). …

retirement plans may or may not bring? What should union activists keep in mind as they push for the national and workplace … retirement plans if they have them at all-and about half do not. Neoliberal retirement reforms have made matters worse …"Researching retirement plans should not take the rest of your life, even if deciphering the relevant paperwork seems …

. We show that an increasing life expectancy may not be detrimental for the economy or the pension system itself. On the … other hand, conventional policy measures, such as increasing the retirement age or changing the social security contribution … rate could have undesired general equilibrium effects. In particular, both policies decrease capital per worker and might …