Providing a decent living standard and preventing old-age poverty are the two major challenges of pension insurance schemes. Replacement rates below the poverty line despite many years of contribution represent a major challenge for public pension schemes with respect to the systems "raison...

The majority of economies in the European Union are experiencing problems with the sustainability of pension systems that are primarily caused by unfavorable demographic trends and inadequate structure of the pension systems. This research concentrates on the New Member States of the European...

Differences in life expectancy between high and low socioeconomic groups are often large and have widened recently in many countries. Such longevity gaps affect the actuarial fairness and progressivity of public pension systems. However, behavioral responses to longevity and policy complicate...

Die Entwicklung der Alterssicherung in Deutschland ist eines der zentralen Themen, mit denen sich Prof. Dr. Winfried Schmähl, seit Gründung des Zentrums für Sozialpolitik Leiter der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Abteilung des ZeS, in seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit beschäftigt hat. Zur...