German pension policy faces a dilemma. If it is too generous, it harms contributors, disincentivises labour supply, and crowds out education and infrastructure investment needed to pay for social protection. If it is too frugal, it harms those with social and health issues. Thus, smart...

Am 5. März 2024 hat die Bundesregierung ihr Rentenpaket II vorgestellt. Neben der Einführung einer kapitalgedeckten Komponente in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung besteht der Hauptpunkt des Pakets in der Fortführung der Haltelinie des Rentenniveaus bei 48 % über das Jahr 2025 hinaus....

Germany, like many other countries, has undergone a series of pension reforms since the 1980s which generally decreased benefit generosity and increased the retirement age due to demographic pressures. This paper investigates whether these reforms have increased income and wealth inequality...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant economic disruptions, prompting many governments to implement short-time employment aid (STEA) to mitigate job losses and income reductions. This study examines the effectiveness of STEA in the short and long term in Europe among workers aged 50 and...

SHARE, the "Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe", is a large population-based panel survey among people aged 50 and over with data from 28 European countries and Israel. It investigates individual, economic, health-related, and social life-course circumstances in order to shed...

Die Grundrente ist zum 1. Januar 2021 in Kraft getreten. Sie wurde mit dem Anspruch beworben, Altersarmut zu vermeiden und durch ihr kompliziertes Design besonders zielgenau zu sein. Wir untersuchen mit Hilfe der SHARE-RV-Daten, ob die Grundrente diesen Anspruch auch tatsächlich erfüllt. Dies...