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We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across … pensions across cohorts taking into account changing demographics and recent pension reforms. Simulations show that pension …
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Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in...
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Previous studies find that past unemployment reduces life satisfaction even after reemployment for non-monetary reasons (unemployment scarring). It is not clear, however, whether this scarring is only caused by employment-related factors, such as worsened working conditions, or increased future...
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effects of early retirement disincentives on retirement behavior, individual welfare, pensions and public budget. We employ …
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Die Verfasser untersuchen, inwiefern die vom Gesetzgeber 2005 verabschiedete und sukzessiv eingeführte nachgelagerte Besteuerung von Alterseinkünften bis 2040 sowohl die Höhe des Einkommensteueraufkommens als auch den Aufkommensanteil von Menschen im Rentenalter beeinflussen wird. Dabei wird...
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In diesem Beitrag werden mögliche ordnungspolitische Konsequenzen der Finanzmarktkrise in Folge der Turbulenzen auf dem US-amerikanischen Hypothekenkreditmarkt diskutiert. Zunächst erläutern die Autoren theoretisch und empirisch die Phänomene der Bankenkrisen und der Ansteckung in einem...
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In the aftermath of the Eurozone crisis, a "battle of ideas" emerged over whether ordoliberalism is part of the cause or the solution of economic problems in Europe. While German ordoliberals argued that their policy proposals were largely ignored before and during the crisis, implying a too...
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Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht die Ursachen von Finanzmarktkrisen anhand entsprechender Vorkommnisse in Thailand, Mexiko und Tschechien, um risikoreiche Konstellationen für Emerging Markets zu identifizieren. Als Modell wurde der Ansatz von Sachs/Tornell/Velasco (1996) gewählt, der durch...
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To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...
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This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...
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