pension system: first, raising the legal retirement age to 67 automatically leads to lower pensions. Second, the average level …In the public debate on old-age poverty in Germany there are three often-heard preconceptions about the statutory … of statutory pension is lower in Eastern Germany. Third, an expansion of the social contribution ceiling would improve …

The 2014 pension reform has three main components. First disability pensions have been increased by about two earnings … points, an average monthly gain of 40 euros. In addition low wages in the four years preceding disability-related retirement … will now be disregarded. However, since these new rules only apply to retirement after July 2014 they fail to fight poverty …

's Population Prospects, we examine how different retirement ages in selected EU countries would lead to comparable relations … to take retirement roughly four years earlier than Germans. There is, therefore, no apparent economic justification for … the suggested alignment of retirement ages in accordance with the current German regulation, as is sometimes suggested …

steigern, schlagen die Autoren eine sanfte Rentenreform vor, die „Nudging“-Elemente nutzt. … will boost retirement savings without interfering with individuals’ freedom of choice. …

There is discussion in Germany about the future threat of widespread poverty among the elderly. Some argue that the … be inadequate. Proposals to reform the social pension system in particular are inconsistent with basic principles. I … income arising from retirement provisions should be only partially credited against the welfare claim. …

nachhaltige Renten, unter anderem das Umlageverfahren durch ein Rentensparen zu ergänzen. Sie nimmt hier offensichtlich … Deutschland mit seiner Riesterrente als Vorbild. Ernst Niemeier warnt ausdrücklich vor einer Übertragung dieses Modells auf Europa …. Er zeigt die Schwächen auf und fordert eine Reform der Riesterrenten-Reform. …