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Measuring intra-generational redistribution in PAYG pension schemes

Klos, Jonas; Krieger, Tim; Stöwhase, Sven - 2020

which the index value for women, but not for men jumps up. Our findings suggests that GRV fulfils the ideal of a Bismarckian … pension system without intra-generational redistribution for men, while women benefit from intra-generational redistribution. …

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Decomposition of demographic effects on the German pension system

Fenge, Robert; Peglow, François - 2017

The paper analyses the impact of demographic developments on the German pension system until the year 2060. The projections are simulated for a range of assumptions on the latest demographic trends and on the labour market and comprise the latest pension legislation. As a central innovation we...

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Do retirement savings increase in response to information about retirement and expected pensions?

Dolls, Mathias; Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2018

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system to study this question. As of 2005 (with a phase-in period between 2002-04), the German pension administration started to send out annual letters providing detailed and...

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When will the Germans get trapped in their pension system?

Sinn, Hans-Werner; Übelmesser, Silke - 2001

The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamentalreforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms …. After 2023, Germany will be characterizedby a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the fearthat …

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Sharing demographic risk : who is afraid of the baby bust?

Ludwig, Alexander (contributor); Reiter, Michael (contributor) - 2008

We model the optimal reaction of a public PAYG pension system to demographic shocks. We compare the ex-ante first best and second best solution of a Ramsey planner with full commitment to the outcome under simple third best rules that mimic the pension systems observed in the real world. The...

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Should pensions be progressive? : yes, at least in Germany!

Fehr, Hans; Kallweit, Manuel; Kindermann, Fabian - 2011

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

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On the fairness of early retirement provisions

Breyer, Friedrich (contributor); Hupfeld, Stefan (contributor) - 2007

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Survivor benefits and the gender tax gap in public pension schemes : observations from Germany

Werding, Martin (contributor) - 2005

incentive effects, especially for married women with some degree of labour-force attachment, that appear to be far from optimal …. The present paper highlights this problem referring to institutional details and empirical results related to Germany and …

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Reference points for retirement behavior : evidence from German pension discontinuities

Seibold, Arthur - 2019

concentration of job exits at specific ages. In Germany, almost 30% of workers retire precisely in the month when they reach one of …

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Age-specific entrepreneurship and PAYG public pensions in Germany

Heer, Burkhard; Trede, Mark - 2020

We present new empirical evidence on the distribution of earnings, income and wealth among entrepreneurs in Germany. We … Germany does not help to improve its fiscal sustainability, and only an increase in the retirement age to 70 years will help …

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