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Disability, Pension Reform and Early Retirement in Germany

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2011

The aim of this paper is to describe for (West) Germany the historical relationship between health and disability on … harsh living conditions among the civilian population in Germany. Our data show higher early retirement rates among those …

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Old-Age Labor Force Participation in Germany : What Explains the Trend Reversal Among Older Men? And What the Steady Increase Among Women?

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2017

The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men …

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Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement : Micro-Simulation Evidence for Germany

Juerges, Hendrik - 2014

decisions in Germany, in particular disability benefit uptake. We show that financial incentives to retire do affect sick …

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Earnings Test, Non-Actuarial Adjustments and Flexible Retirement

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2018

In response to the challenges of increasing longevity, an obvious policy response is to gradually increase the statutory eligibility age for public pension benefits and to shut down pathways to early retirement such as special rules for women. This is, however, very unpopular. As an alternative,...

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Incentive Effects of Social Security on Labor Force Participation : Evidence in Germany and Across Europe

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2021

All across Europe, old age labor force participation has declined dramatically during the last decades. This secular trend coincides with population aging. The European social security systems therefore face a double threat: retirees receive pensions for a longer time while there are less...

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Pension Reform in Germany : The Impact on Retirement Decisions

Börsch-Supan, Axel H.; Berkel, Barbara - 2021

The financing problems beleaguering the public pension system have again shifted the spotlight onto the retirement age. This paper examines the impact of various reform options on the actual retirement choices of older workers. The paper focuses in particular on the long-term implications of the...

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Social Security and Retirement in Germany

Börsch-Supan, Axel H.; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2022

behavior of older persons in Germany during the last 35 years and surveys the empirical literature on the effects of the social … security system on retirement in Germany. The paper shows that even after the 1992 reform the German system is actuarially …. Indeed, average retirement age is very low in West Germany (about age 59) and even lower in East Germany. This tendency …

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