This paper investigates the consequences of pension reform for life-cycle unemployment and retirement. We find that (i …) improving actuarial fairness in pension assessment not only boosts old age participation but also reduces unemployment among … and welfare; (iii) excluding unemployment benefits from the pension assessment base reduces unemployment, encourages later …

changes in employment and long-term unemployment, early retirement as well as relative wages by age for Germany in the period … Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) zur Entwicklung der Beschäftigung, langfristigen Arbeitslosigkeit, Frühverrentung und der …