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This article explores how German pension and retirement policy could be made more sustainable, focusing on selected current options for action rather than attempting to provide a comprehensive overview. Before turning to specific problems and perspectives, the article first discusses key...
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rather privileged groups of the insured. These measures endanger the sustainability of the German pension system and will …
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The 2014 pension reform has three main components. First disability pensions have been increased by about two earnings … social sustainability of the German public pension system. …
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Thanks to the reform process between 1992 and 2007, Germany was in a very good position to master demographic change. These reforms were farsighted, they stabilised the public pension system and they significantly increased employment, the foundation of every old age provision. The “Pension...
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Demographic change inevitably shifts the balance between contributors and recipients in the pension system. Moreover, in the German pension system benefit levels are closely linked to the current state of economic prosperity. Therefore, in the coming decades stabilisation of old-age security...
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, unemployment, raising children or caring for relatives, all of which result in low pensions. Those who are most at risk of poverty …
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Ein Grundprinzip der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland ist das der „Teilhabeäquivalenz“, das die Proportionalität zwischen Rentenansprüchen und Beitragszahlungen ausdrückt. Verfechter des Systems rechtfertigen dieses Prinzip mit dem Ziel der Verteilungsneutralität. Gerade...
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Die gesetzliche Krankenversicherung schwimmt zurzeit im Geld: Ende des 3. Quartals 2012 verfügten Gesundheitsfonds und Krankenkassen zusammen über Finanzreserven von rund 23,5 Mrd. Euro. Das schafft Begehrlichkeiten – nicht nur bei Ärzten, Apotheken und Krankenhäusern, sondern auch beim...
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Die Regierungskoalition hat Anfang November Eckpunkte eines Konzepts zur Lebensleistungsrente vorgelegt. Bereits zuvor wurden verschiedene Vorschläge zur Sicherung der Rente für Geringverdiener diskutiert. Der Autor sieht diese Ansätze generell kritisch. Er ist der Auffassung, dass die...
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For a number of reasons, incomes vary strongly with age. The nature of this variation is of interest for a wide range of policy purposes. Since age structures differ across countries, knowledge about the incomes earned by different age groups is also necessary for understanding and interpreting...
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