Germany recent reforms that aim at raising retirement age and cutting benefit levels should be complemented by increases in …

The present paper aims to quantify the welfare effects of progressive pension arrangements in Germany. Starting from a …

a cross-country analysis, using tax and pension policy designs in Germany, the US and Australia. These developed nations … homeownership compared to Germany. The question is to what extent the observed differences in homeownership are induced by national …. The model is calibrated to Germany featuring German statutory public pension and dual income tax systems, and then applied …

quantify the impact of recent pension reforms in Germany. At certain ages households may either apply for disability pensions … hardly any attention in the public pension debate in Germany. Our simulation results indicate that with current eligibility …

The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We …