Dieses Papier untersucht, wie sich die erste Säule der Alterssicherung im Laufe des demographischen Wandels entwickeln und welchen Stellenwert die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung im sich ausdifferenzierenden Mehrsäulensystem einnehmen wird. Die Botschaft unserer Analysen ist vielschichtig. Auch...

Die Anhebung des Regelrentenalters ist ein weiterer Schritt im Rahmen der Reformen der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland. Die Wirkung dieser Maßnahme hängt entscheidend vom Reaktionsverhalten der betroffenen Erwerbstätigen ab. In diesem Beitrag simulieren wir die langfristigen...

We document strikingly similar gender differences in financial literacy across countries. When asked to answer questions that measure knowledge of basic financial concepts, women are less likely than men to answer correctly and more likely to indicate that they do not know the answer. In...

We use the German re-unification as a natural experiment to understand drivers of financial literacy accumulation. With the transformation from a planned to a market-based economy in 1990, the incentives to invest in financial literacy were changed exogenously for East Germans and remained the...

About 20% of German workers retire on disability pensions. Disability pensions provide fairly generous benefits for those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to...

Die Kosten von 36 klassischen Riester-Rentenversicherungen werden anhand von Kostenkennziffern für verschiedene Sparertypen und Verzinsungsannahmen in den unterschiedlichen Phasen der Vertragslaufzeit miteinander verglichen. Es gibt sehr günstige und sehr teure Verträge. Die große...

One important parameter in the decision process when buying a private annuity is individuals' subjective life expectancy, because it directly influences the expected rate of return. We examine the market for private annuities in Germany and evaluate potential selection effects based on...

One important parameter in the decision process when buying a private annuity is individuals' subjective life expectancy, because it directly infuences the expected rate of return. We examine the market for private annuities in Germany and evaluate potential selection e ects based on subjective...

We use the German reunification as a natural experiment to understand drivers of financial literacy accumulation. With the transformation from a planned to a market-based economy in 1990, the incentives to invest in financial literacy were changed exogenously for East Germans and remained the...