How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … and comprehensible information about the pension system and individual expected pension payments. This reform did not … change the level of pensions, but only manipulated the knowledge about and salience of expected pension payments. Using …

, are highly unpopular. This contribution looks into the role of intrinsic motivation as a driver for pension reform … acceptance. Theoretical reasoning suggests that this driver should be relevant: The choice among different pension reform options … (increasing pension age, increasing contributions, cutting pensions) can be analyzed within the framework of an optimal job …

-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a … pension levels and raising mandatory pension age. Finally the paper discusses further possible reform measures, including the … option to install a fourth pillar providing income in retirement through working after pension age. …

Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in …

How to invest and decumulate wealth during retirement has far-reaching consequences for consumption during retirement … investigate the choice between phased withdrawal plans with varying riskiness resulting in volatile retirement income. We find … that 40% of the participants choose some risk and thus, accept fluctuations in retirement income. Second, we analyze the …

the unemployment benefits scheme. We show that the reform effectively reduced the amount of early retirement at the … vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen dieser Reform auf Übergänge von Beschäftigung in Arbeitslosigkeit und Verweildauern in … der 54-56jährigen nach der Reform abnimmt. Au?erdem wird eine Verkürzung der Dauer der Arbeitslosigkeit nach der Reform …