undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high …

Western societies. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper … examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the background of this reform for cohorts 1935 … the reform only cause some part of this trend, with a major part caused by increases in contributions. …

undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high …

pensions and on a particular type of unfunded (PAYG) pension. Surprisingly little is known about the optimal split between … state the importance of PAYG pensions differs. We estimate how the optimal level of unfunded, state pensions depends on rate …

investment strategy for DC pensions. Workers who follow identical investment strategies but who retire a few years apart can … receive DC pensions that are startlingly unequal. Second, it is hard for ordinary workers, as opposed to optimal planners, to …

investment strategy for DC pensions. Workers who follow identical investment strategies but who retire a few years apart can … receive DC pensions that are startlingly unequal. Second, it is hard for ordinary workers, as opposed to optimal planners, to …

importance of unfunded, state pensions differs. We estimate how the optimal level of unfunded, state pensions depends on rate of … is rapid and unfunded pensions are currently generous. …