This volume addresses the most important issues of the ongoing discussion on designing social security. It provides fundamental results for pay-as-you-go social security, covers the issues of social security during demographic transition and examines the inclusion of risk aspects into the...

Gerechtigkeit, Neutralität und Effizienz der Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Analyse der bilateralen Regelungen zur Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Europarechtliche Anforderungen an die Besteuerung der staatlichen Alterssicherung -- Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick.

Das gesetzliche Leistungsspektrum in Zahlen und Fakten -- Die Deutsche Rentenversicherung ihre Aufgaben und ihre Möglichkeiten -- Renteninformation, Rentenauskunft verstehen und prüfen -- Rentenbeginne verstehen und ermitteln -- Steuerliche Fragen in der Erwerbsphase und im Leistungsfall --...

Recently, policy debate and comparative research on old-age pensions have focused on the financial sustainability of pension systems in the face of demographic change. This study, however, also takes into account distributional effects involved in pension system structures. Theoretical,...

Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can...

Recommended by Nobel Laureate Robert C. Merton, this book offers the world a first-hand opportunity to learn why the Dutch pension system is so often praised and how it operates. The book also discusses aspects of the system that are less favorable, such as implicit value transfers from younger...