We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced...

The distributional effect of the increase in the compulsory retirement age depends markedly on the individual employment history and the labor market situation. Based on model simulations and administrative data (Scientific Use Files der Rentenzugangsstatistik 2006) we analyze the income effect...

Analyses based on data from the Zulagenstelle für Altersvermögen (ZfA) show a high proportion of low wage earners among Riester-Rente savers. This result cannot be generalized to the population because the data include only Riester-Rente savers. However, analyses based on the Socio-Economic...

Due to demographic ageing the number of people in need of long-term care is expected to increase markedly in the coming decades. The public debate focuses on the question of how to organize an adequate provision of long-term care. Almost all European countries provide some support for long-term...

Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the employment effects of these policies for mothers in...

In diesem Beitrag werden die grundlegenden Erscheinungsformen von Lohnsubventionen in Deutschland und deren Anreizeffekte dargestellt. In der wirtschaftspolitischen Diskussion werden meist nur die Anreizeffekte für die geförderten Gruppen betrachtet. Verdrängungs- und Mitnahmeeffekte führen...