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Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Forschungsbereich "Sozialpolitik und Arbeitsmärkte" in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht, München, erstellt und im Februar 2007 abgeschlossen. Sie entstand im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Arbeit,...
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Das Herzstück des sogenannten Rentenpakets des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales ist die Zuschussrente. Sie soll niedrige Renten von Personen mit einem vollen Erwerbsleben aufstocken. Die Analyse zeigt, dass die Zuschussrente mit großen Ungleichbehandlungen und negativen...
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Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Republic...
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The German Federal Government has expanded subsidies for employees with low gross wages (midijob employees) as of January 1, 2023, and raised the upper earnings limit to 2,000 euros. As a result, around 6.2 million midijob employees will benefit from paying reduced social security contributions...
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Conventional pension systems suffer from a design defect which makes them financially unsustainable, and a source of inefficiency for the economy as a whole. The paper outlines a second-best policy which includes a public pension system made up of two parallel schemes, a Bismarckian one allowing...
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The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamentalreforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms …. After 2023, Germany will be characterizedby a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the fearthat …
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Public pay-as-you-go pensions still form the dominant pillar of old-age provision in Germany. This is in marked … recovery from the Great Recession. It has disadvantages, as Germany will be ageing very rapidly in the near future. Following a …
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Providing a decent living standard and preventing old-age poverty are the two major challenges of pension insurance schemes. Replacement rates below the poverty line despite many years of contribution represent a major challenge for public pension schemes with respect to the systems "raison...
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-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a … ; Financial Crisis ; Fiscal Sustainability Survey ; Germany …
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