In 2001 the German government started to promote the development of private pensions by means of special saving subsidies and tax incentives (Riester-scheme). That policy especially targets households with relatively low incomes. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, we scrutinize the...

Ersparnisbildung in Lebensversicherungen wird im deutschen Einkommensteuersystem durch die Steuerfreiheit der Zinserträge bei Vertragsablauf und durch die Möglichkeit zum Sonderausgabenabzug der Versicherungsprämien gefördert. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Effekt dieser Steuervorteile...

Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax exemptions - the so-called Riester scheme. We apply matching and panel regression techniques to assess the impact of the Riester scheme on households' propensities to save in a...

With a view to investigating the presence of adverse selection, we analyze determinants of private pension insurance uptake of German households in a probit model. Using survey data on savings and old-age provision, we find that subjective life expectancy is positively related with the...

Diese Studie untersucht, wie sich Spartätigkeit und Geldvermögen deutscher Privathaushalte seit 1960 entwickelt haben. Mittels Regressionsanalysen läßt sich herausfinden, daß der Vermögensbestand einkommens- und altersabhängig ist. Es Wird gezeigt, daß Einkommen und Ersparnis...

The German current account balance has moved from surplus to deßcit in the course of unificalion. A theorelical model for the current account, encompassing the elaslicities, the monetary, and the absorptions approach, is set up and lested for Germany and the United States, using cointegration...

The extent of capital mobility between the Bundesländer of West-Germany between 1975-1990 is investigated. The investigation is based on the approach first chosen by Feldstein and Horioka who estimated the correlation between national saving and Investment rates. It is shown that the...

This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home- and host country may also be related to future...

This paper investigates the relationship between wealth, ageing and saving behaviour of private households by using pooled cross sections of German consumption survey data. Different components of wealth are distinguished, as their impact on the savings rate is not homogeneous. On average, the...