Life expectancies are rapidly increasing and uncertain in all countries in Europe. To keep pension systems affordable, policy reforms are to be implemented which will encourage individuals to work longer. In this paper we analyze the impact of working and living longer on pension incomes in five...

This paper analyses the distributional effects of the Polish old-age pension reform introduced in 1999. Following a benchmark Mincer earnings equation, and using a newly developed microsimulation model we project future pension benefits for males born in years 1969–1979. We find that...

This paper analyses the distributional effects of the Polish old‐age pension reform introduced in 1999. Following a benchmark Mincer earnings equation, and using a newly developed microsimulation model we project future pension benefits for males born in years 1969‐1979. We find that...

Recent changes in the pension system in Poland are assumed to affect the inequality in pensions and replacement rates (measured as a percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension program upon retirement). The results of CASE study show that inequalities in pensions...

This paper analyses the distributional effects of the Polish old-age pension reform introduced in 1999. Following a benchmark Mincer earnings equation, and using a newly developed microsimulation model we project future pension benefits for males born in years 1969–1979. We find that...

This paper quantifies the effect of Poland’s 1999 pension reform on the inequality of future pension benefits. The reform increases inequality, both in the upper and in the lower parts of the distribution. The estimates, based on the 2012 Polish Household Budget Survey, show that the Gini...

This paper quantifies the effect of Poland's 1999 pension reform on the inequality of future pension benefits. The reform increases inequality, both in the upper and lower parts of the distribution. The estimates, based on the 2012 Polish Household Budget Survey, show that the Gini coefficient...

In seinem „Beitragskinderurteil“ vom 3.4.2001 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht eine verfassungswidrige Benachteiligung von Familien in der sozialen Pflegeversicherung festgestellt und zugleich den Gesetzgeber verpflichtet, bis Ende 2004 einen Ausgleich der Benachteiligung „innerhalb dieses...

Soziale Sicherung gehört in der Europäischen Union zwar zu den primär nationalstaatlichen Aufgaben, doch gehen von der europäischen Ebene vielfältige Einflüsse aus, von Entscheidungen der Kommission, im Ministerrat oder durch den Europäischen Gerichtshof wie auch allgemein durch direkt...