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Fairness of Public Pensions and Old-Age Poverty

Breyer, Friedrich; Hupfeld, Stefan - 2009

In several OECD countries, public pay-as-you-go financed pension systems have undergone major reforms in which future retirement benefit promises have been scaled down. A consequence of these reforms is that especially in countries with a tight tax-benefit linkage, the retirement benefit claims...

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A Model Under Siege : A Case Study of the German Retirement Insurance System

Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2009

This study evaluates the positive and negative features of the German public pension system and discusses three reasons for its increasing perceived and real difficulties: maturation, negative incentive effects, and the problems of demographic change. The German system in its current form may be...

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Perspektiven der gesetzlichen Alterssicherung

Wagner, Gert G. - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 48 (2015) 3, pp. 409-425

article first discusses key challenges as well as opportunities for old age security in Germany within the European Union, and …

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Pension Strategies in Europe and the United States

Fenge, Robert (contributor); Ménil, Georges de (contributor) - The MIT Press

analyses. Contributors examine such topics as the reform of key structural features of existing pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension … reform, and fiscal response to a demographic shock; the feasibility of PAYG reforms in the United States and the competition …

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Data on the population of reduced earnings capacity-pensioners in Germany : 2001-2020

Werhan, Katharina - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 5, pp. 585-595

Pensions for reduced earnings capacity (REC) have yearly made up about 20% of all pensions granted by the German …

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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - 2003

labor market policies and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany …

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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen

Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

den Ruhestand anreizneutral zu gestalten. Early Retirement in Germany: Institutions and Incentives A substantial fraction … and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany, and assess the …

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Demographics and volatile social security wealth : political risks of benefit rule changes in Germany

Borgmann, Christoph; Heidler, Matthias - 2003

In this paper we address the question how the generosity of the benefit rule of the German public pension system has changed during the past three decades and how this development can be explained by demographic changes. Firstly, we illustrate the political risk of benefit rule changes for...

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Reforms of an Early Retirement Pathway in Germany and Their Labor Market Effects

Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2022

We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement … reforms. Reform 1 (NRA) increased normal retirement age stepwise from 60 to 65. Simultaneously, it became possible to use … early retirement with benefit discounts. Reform 2 (ERA) increased the age of early retirement stepwise from 60 to 63. We …

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Gleitender Übergang in die Rente durch Flexibilisierung der Teilrente (Gradual Transition to Retirement with Flexible Partial Retirement)

Gasche, Martin - 2012

Against the background of the increasing legal retirement age, broader opportunities for a smooth transition to retirement are often demanded for elderly workers who are disinclined or unable to continue working full-time. This study compares different options for a transition to retirement. It...

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