Thanks to the reform process between 1992 and 2007, Germany was in a very good position to master demographic change. These reforms were farsighted, they stabilised the public pension system and they significantly increased employment, the foundation of every old age provision. The “Pension...

Volkswirtschaftslehre ist eigentlich ein lebendiges Fach. Tagtäglich stehen Schlagzeilen in der Zeitung, die über Wirtschaftswachstum, Arbeitslosigkeit, Inflation, Währungs­ turbulenzen oder das Anwachsen der Sozialversicherungsbeiträge berichten. Wir ma­ chen uns um unser Einkommen...

Europeans are living longer, and fewer now remain in the labour force as they grow older. Many European countries have responded to the ensuing financial pressure by reforming their public pension systems and health care programmes. There is considerable uncertainty as to the effects of these...

1: Introduction -- 1.1 Substantive Issues -- 1.2 Methodological Issues -- 1.3 Organization of the Book -- One: Econometric Foundations Discrete Choice Analysis -- 2: The Random utility Maximization Hypothesis -- 3: Functional Specification of Discrete Choice Models -- 4: The Nested Multinominal...