birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some …

Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze … review of the basic economic concepts to explain retirement, this paper surveys the incentives for early exit that are set by … labor market policies and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany …

This study investigates the labor force behavior of older married couples in Germany. Monthly observations from the …

In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component … Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the … persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest …

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …