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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen
Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - 2003
Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze. Dieser Beitrag analysiert die arbeitsmarkt- und rentenpolitischen Ursachen der massiven Frühverrentung. Aufbauend auf einem Überblick über ökonomische Konzepte der...
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
public deficits in combination with falling private savings. …
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Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform
Bonin, Holger - 2001
, necessary beyond 2025. As the enacted savings rate target is conservative, individual pensions keep retirement income sufficient …In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension … moderate economic conditions. However, the new private pension plans provide scope for further downsizing state pensions …
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The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP
Heady, Christopher; Mitrakos, Theodore; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2001
Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater...
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Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? A median voter approach
Köthenbürger, Marko; Poutvaara, Panu; Profeta, Paola - 2005
We suggest a political economy explanation for the stylized fact that intragenerationally more redistributive social security systems are smaller. We relate the stylized fact to an efficiency-redistribution trade-off to be resolved by political process. The inefficiency of social security...
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New Evidence on the Effects of the Shortened School Duration in the German States: An Evaluation of Post-Secondary Education Decisions
Meyer, Tobias; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Schneider, Heidrun - 2015
Most German states have reformed university preparatory schooling during the last decade by reducing its duration from 13 to 12 years without changing the graduation requirements. In this paper, we use nationwide data on high school graduates and apply a difference-in-differences approach to...
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The gender wage gaps, 'sticky floors' and 'glass ceilings' of the European Union
Christofides, Louis N.; Polycarpou, Alexandros; … - 2010
We consider and attempt to understand the gender wage gap across 24 EU member states, all of which share the objective of gender equality, using 2007 data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. The size of the gender wage gap varies considerably across countries and...
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Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects: A Causal Panel Analysis of German Statutory Insured and Civil Service Pensioners
Merz, Joachim - 2022
This study contributes to the subjective well-being and retirement literature by quantifying life satisfaction before (4) and after retirement (9+) periods asking: Are retirees more satisfied? Fixed-effects and causal instrumental variables (IV) estimates with individual longitudinal data of the...
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Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union: quantifying the equalising properties of taxes and benefits
Immervoll, Herwig - 2005
The systems of direct taxes and cash benefits in the Member States of the European Union vary considerably in size and structure. We explore their direct impacts on cross-sectional income inequality (termed redistributive effect for the purpose of this paper) using EUROMOD, a tax-benefit...
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Pension Wealth and the Gender Wealth Gap
Cordova, Karla; Grabka, Markus M.; Sierminska, Eva - 2022
We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account employment characteristics of women and men, we are able to identify the extent to which the redistributive effect of pension rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for...
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