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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 …
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public pension payments. This reform did not change the level of pensions, but only provided information to individuals about … direct way to increase public pensions, increase after receiving the letter. …
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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behavior with the...
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subsidization program in Germany. We find that 38% of the aggregate subsidy accrues to the top two deciles of the population, but …
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public pension payments. This reform did not change the level of pensions, but only provided information to individuals about … direct way to increase public pensions, increase after receiving the letter …
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The pay-as-you-go statutory pension insurance is intended to protect workers in Germany from having to rely on tax …, since low pensions are topped up in old age without means-testing, the resulting disincentive for the labour supply decision …
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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 …
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paramount relevance for scientists and policy makers. We take Germany as an example: Twenty years of pension reform have … transition worked out? We survey the reform steps and household's reactions: How did individuals adjust their labor market … without supplementary pensions decreased from 73% to 39% in little more than a decade. This is a remarkable success …
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I examine the financial fragility of German households during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in the winter of 2020/21 by analyzing the households’ ability to come up with EUR 2,000 within one month. About one in three households reports being unable to cover an unexpected expense of...
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The 2014 pension reform has three main components. First disability pensions have been increased by about two earnings …
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