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of expected pension receipt. Current pension policy in Germany runs counter to this insight, though, leading to even …
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In the summer of 2014 Germany will witness the most substantial expansion of pension expenditures since the 1950s. Yet …
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The 2014 pension reform has three main components. First disability pensions have been increased by about two earnings points, an average monthly gain of 40 euros. In addition low wages in the four years preceding disability-related retirement will now be disregarded. However, since these new...
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This article examines recent pension reforms in OECD countries. All countries are facing the challenge of designing both financially and socially sustainable pension policies in a context of weak economic growth, low financial returns and ageing populations. In some cases, countries have been...
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In the public debate on old-age poverty in Germany there are three often-heard preconceptions about the statutory … of statutory pension is lower in Eastern Germany. Third, an expansion of the social contribution ceiling would improve …
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Während die Mütterrente und die Rente mit 63 kontrovers diskutiert werden, gilt dies nicht für die im Rentenpaket der Bundesregierung ebenfalls vorgesehenen Änderungen an der Erwerbsminderungsrente. Die geplanten Änderungen verbessern zwar die Situation von zukünftigen...
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In the German pension debate, reform options are repeatedly proposed that are doomed to failure right from the start as they cannot be legally implemented to begin with. One of these is the inclusion of civil servants in the German state pension scheme. This option, however, is prohibited by the...
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There is discussion in Germany about the future threat of widespread poverty among the elderly. Some argue that the …
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Thanks to the reform process between 1992 and 2007, Germany was in a very good position to master demographic change … Germany exhibits only mediocre performance. A farsightedIf a demographicy strategy wants to be farsighted, its core cannot … Germany's youth. …
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