About 20% of German workers retire on disability pensions. Disability pensions provide fairly generous benefits for those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to...

About 20% of German workers retire on disability pensions. Disability pensions provide fairly generous benefits for those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to...

Angesichts der anhaltend niedrigen Geburtenraten und der bedrohten langfristigen Stabilität der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung kommt in Deutschland immer von neuem die Diskussion auf, ob eine erhöhte Zuwanderung die rettende Rolle spielen kann, die uns vor schmerzhaften Einschnitten in das...