Population aging will be a major determinant of long-run economic development in industrial and developing countries. The extent of the demographic changes is dramatic in some countries and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and...

Pension economics has traditionally guided pension policy with the help of formal models based on individuals who think in a life cycle context with perfect foresight, full information, and in a time-consistent manner. This paper sheds light on selected aspects of pension economics when these...

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl und Thilo Schaefer, Finanzwissenschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln, analysieren die Beschäftigungs- und Finanzierungswirkungen des Grundeinkommens-Konzepts von Dieter Althaus. Ihrer Meinung nach entlastet das vorgeschlagene Modell nicht den...