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Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
, retirement and consumption decisions of forward-looking individuals depend, inter alia, on life expectancy and the design of the … full pensionable age generates the largest responses in labor supply and retirement behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009195630
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Confronting the Representative Consumer with Household-Size Heterogeneity
Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Much analysis in macroeconomics empirically addresses economy-wide incentives behind consumer/investment choices by using insights from the way a single representative household would behave. Heterogeneity at the micro level can jeopardize attempts to back up the representative consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645018
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Pension Reform Options for Russia and Ukraine: A Critical Analysis of Available Options and Their Expected Outcomes (with a Focus on Labour Market, Industrial Restructuring and Pub...
Góra, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr; Sinyavskaya, Oxana - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Russia and Ukraine are in the process of many changes stemming from economic transition, restructuring, demographic change and other various ongoing challenges. In terms of the ongoing challenges in each country, there are specific problems related to historical developments, such as large scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470334
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Probleme einer steigenden Lebenserwartung in der privaten Rentenversicherung: Theorie und Empirie für Deutschland
Leinert, Johannes; Wagner, Gert G. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
Versicherten kam. Diese Quersubventionierung wird im Hinblick auf die steigende Bedeutung privater Altersvorsorge diskutiert. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068868
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Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms across Birth Cohorts: A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519435
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The Role of Credibility and Fundamentals in a Funded Pension System: A Markov Switching Analysis for Australia and Iceland
Bonasia, Mariangela; Napolitano, Oreste - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Since the turn of the millennium the problem of credibility of the social security system has spread to the private pension funds sector. This is evident for those countries, like Australia and Iceland, that have very large funded pensions assets as a result of strong pension reforms. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069039
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Does Consumption Decline at Retirement?: Evidence from Repeated Cross-Section Data for Germany
Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
regressions. We also find heterogeneity in retirement effects among birth cohorts, the level of household wealth, and the level of …The life-cycle hypothesis implies that consumption would not decline at retirement. However, several studies found … relevant declines in food consumption after retirement for the United States. Others concluded that this contradiction of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555252
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Profitability of Pension Contributions: Evidence from Real-Life Employment Biographies
Schröder, Carsten - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
expectancies at retirement and in the length of non-contribution periods resulting, for example, from child care or care for an ill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645019
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Rates of Return and Early Retirement Disincentives: Evidence from a German Pension Reform
Lüthen, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128863
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The Effect of Health and Employment Risks on Precautionary Savings
Geyer, Johannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
stable across specifications. There is evidence for a share of precautionary wealth of about 14 to 17 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360169