Der dringend notwendige Reformierungsbedarf in der sozialen Pflegeversicherung hat in jüngster Zeit verschiedene Reformkonzepte auf den Weg gebracht. Unter anderem auch den einer Bürgerpflegeversicherung, welche die Ausweitung des Umlageverfahrens auf die gesamte Bevölkerung vollzieht. Im...

The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. We explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker participation would have for the overall size and age composition of the labour force, for the productive...

The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. We explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker participation would have for the overall size and age composition of the labour force, for the productive...

Immigration is a possible instrument for offsetting longer-run adverse effects of population aging on per capita income. Our "laboratory" is a fictional country Alpha to which we assign demographic characteristics typical of a country experiencing population aging. Simulations indicate that a...

OBJECTIVE The paper explores the population effects of male preference stopping rules and of alternative combinations of fertility rates and male-biased birth sex ratios. METHODS The "laboratory" is a closed, stable population with five age groups and a dynamic process represented by a compact...

This paper focuses on the problems involved in developing cross-country comparisons of the intergenerational stance of fiscal policy. Of course, these comparisons are nowadays based on the method of generational accounting and in particular most of them rely on comparing the total size of...