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The effect of pension wealth on employment
Becker, Sebastian; Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2023
This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014370431
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The effect of pension wealth on employment
Becker, Sebastian; Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2022
This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472034
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The effect of pension wealth on employment
Becker, Sebastian; Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2022
This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476768
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Reform of reduced earning capacity pension cuts risk of poverty, but comes late
Becker, Sebastian; Gehlen, Annica; Geyer, Johannes; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 17/18, pp. 123-129
überdurchschnittlich häufig Leistungen der Grundsicherung beziehen. Seit der Rentenreform 2001 sind die durchschnittlichen Leistungen stark …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014294903
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Income effects of disability benefits
Becker, Sebastian; Gehlen, Annica; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2024
We provide novel evidence about the incentive and welfare effects of an increase in the generosity of disability benefits. Importantly, a unique policy variation in Germany allows us to isolate the income effect of a change in benefit generosity. We leverage this quasi-experimental policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015079924
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Income effects of disability benefits
Becker, Sebastian; Gehlen, Annica; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2024
We provide novel evidence about the incentive and welfare effects of an increase in the generosity of disability benefits. Importantly, a unique policy variation in Germany allows us to isolate the income effect of a change in benefit generosity. We leverage this quasi-experimental policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015063462
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The effect of pension wealth on employment
Becker, Sebastian; Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2023
This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088379
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Midijob reform : increased redistribution in pension insurance : noticeable costs, relief not well targeted
Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 7, pp. 63-70
The German Federal Government has expanded subsidies for employees with low gross wages (midijob employees) as of January 1, 2023, and raised the upper earnings limit to 2,000 euros. As a result, around 6.2 million midijob employees will benefit from paying reduced social security contributions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235014
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20 years of the Riester pension : personal retirement provision requires reform
Geyer, Johannes; Grabka, Markus M.; Haan, Peter - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 40, pp. 307-312
Introduced 20 years ago as a part of the 2001 pension reform, the Riester pension is meant to function as an essential component of the German pension system with the aim of compensating for decreasing public pensions. However, data collected by the SOEP show that this objective has not yet been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012667059
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Labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the retirement age
Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Hammerschmid, Anna; … - 2018
on heterogeneous labor market effects on the individual and on the household level and we study the distributional … implications using net household income. In this respect we extend the previous literature which mainly studied employment effects … larger employment effects for women who cannot rely on other income on the household level, e.g. women with a low income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865453