English Abstract: Flexible retirement is supposed to increase labor supply of older workers without touching the third rail of pension politics, the highly unpopular increase of the retirement age. While this may have intuitive appeal, this paper shows that it might be wishful thinking. Economic...

German Abstract: Im Koalitionsvertrag vom 14.03.2018 wird angekündigt, die Leistungen und Beiträge der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung durch eine so genannte „doppelte Haltelinie“ festzuschreiben. Konkret soll das Netto-Standardrentenniveau vor Steuern nicht unter 48% absinken und...

English Abstract: The purpose of disability insurance (DI) is to protect people with health problems that limit their ability to work. We evaluate the effectiveness of DI benefit programs in delivering this protection by following people's health and financial well-being after the take-up of DI...

German Abstract: Seit 2019 gilt eine so genannte „doppelte Haltelinie“, die dafür sorgt, dass das Sicherungsniveau der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung nicht unter 48% absinken und gleichzeitig der Beitragssatz nicht über 20% ansteigen wird. Diese Haltelinie gilt bis 2025. Anschließend...

English Abstract: Targeting is an important aim for social policy. Three case studies in this paper reflect typical short-comings in the targeting design of pension reforms. The first case study examines how well work disability and receipt of disability insurance match in Germany. We show that...

English Abstract: As much like other industrialized countries, in recent decades the employment rate in Germany for those aged 55 to 69 had been declining first to considerably rise again afterwards. This paper investigates the role of structural policy changes, in particular reforms of the...

English Abstract: Targeting is an important aim for social policy. Three case studies in this paper reflect typical short-comings in the targeting design of pension reforms. The first case study examines how well work disability and receipt of disability insurance match in Germany. We show that...