With the introduction of the state subsidized private retirement provision, the implementation of the sustainability factor and the increase of the statutory retirement age comprehensive pension reforms have been adopted in Germany in recent years. In this article we outline the insufficiency of...

There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...

There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...

This paper studies the design of a pay-as-you-go social security system in a society where fertility is in part stochastic and in part determined through capital investment. If parents' investments in children are publicly observable, pension benefits must be linked positively to the level of...

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...