are necessary, but often lack public support. Based on representative survey data from Germany, we conduct a survey … reforms in general as well as towards specific reform measures. We find that salience and information provision significantly … increase the perceived reform necessity. Furthermore, salience increases preferences for an increase of the retirement age over …

The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamentalreforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms … is not affected by the reform and the median age as the age of thepolitically decisive cohort. Until 2023, the median age …. After 2023, Germany will be characterizedby a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the fearthat …

Public pay-as-you-go pensions still form the dominant pillar of old-age provision in Germany. This is in marked … recovery from the Great Recession. It has disadvantages, as Germany will be ageing very rapidly in the near future. Following a …

and money in their upbringing. -- Pension reform ; implicit pension taxes and subsidies ; child benefits ; fertility …

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

This paper considers the arguments for fundamental pension reform in Germany and the United States. The two countries …-benefit, retirement accounts. The paper addresses three questions that are relevant for assessing fundamental reform: (1) Should the …

The paper discusses the options for a reform of the German pension system using a model developed at CES for the German …

German reform that increased pension wealth for mothers by an average of 4.4% per child born before January 1, 1992. Using …