Die bisherige Erfahrung mit der Teilprivatisierung der gesetzlichen Rente zeigt, dass die ursprünglichen Versprechen weder hinsichtlich der Leistungsfähigkeit noch der Generationsgerechtigkeit erfüllt werden. Sowohl angesichts der aktuellen Situation als auch aufgrund von theoretischen...

Die aktuellen Systeme der sozialen Sicherung stellen eine Antwort entwickelter Staaten auf die sozioökonomischen Bedingungen rasch wachsender Industriegesellschaften dar (hohe Wachstumsraten, stabile Erwerbsverhältnisse, junge Erwerbsbevölkerung etc.). Diese Bedingungen sind im 21....

In this paper, we propose a novel index for measuring intra-generational redistribution in pay-as-you-go pension schemes. Our index solely requires information on contributions and pension benefits of retirees, enabling us to measure intra-generational redistribution isolated from possible...

Die Umstellung auf die nachgelagerte Besteuerung gesetzlicher Renten wird nach derzeitiger Rechtslage im Jahr 2040 abgeschlossen sein. Bis dahin erhöht sich für Neurentner der steuerpflichtige Anteil der gesetzlichen Rente auf 100 Prozent, während die steuerliche Absetzbarkeit der...

This paper analyses government instruments in terms of reducing market inequality. Government redistribution, realized through public spending and taxation, could be considered as a key element in order to ensure a more equal distribution of income between households. The first part of the paper...

This chapter defines a universal public pension scheme (UPPS) as a government-mandated lifecycle longevity insurance scheme that transfers individual consumption from the working years to the retirement phase of the lifecycle. It discusses the differences in four UPPS designs defined with regard...

Defaults have been shown to have a powerful effect on retirement saving behavior yet there is limited research on who is most affected by defaults and whether this varies based on features of the choice environment. Using administrative data on employer-sponsored retirement accounts linked to...

The ecological tax reform that Germany implemented between 1999 and 2003 increased energy tax rates-especially on gasoline and diesel. Today, the ecological tax hikes yield an annual revenue of around 20 billion euros or 0.6 percent of GDP. The money is used to finance a higher federal grant to...

This open access book offers new insights into the ageing-migration nexus and the nature of home. Documenting the hidden world of France's migrant worker hostels, it explores why older North and West African men continue to live past retirement age in this sub-standard housing. Conventional...

We propose a unified framework to measure the effects of different reforms of the pension system on retirement ages and macroeconomic indicators in the face of demographic change. A rich overlapping generations (OLG) model is built and endogenous retirement decisions are explicitly modeled...

The recent regulatory changes, together with the increasing awareness of the variety of sources of uncertainty that affect the activities of insurance and pension funds, have generated increasing attention towards insurance risk management theory and practice. Against this background, this...