In den USA sind seit Ende der 90er Jahre die Mortalitätsraten bei weißen nichthispanischen Menschen mittleren Alters unerwartet gestiegen. Dieser Anstieg ist das Resultat einer erheblichen Zunahme von sogenannten Deaths of Despair, also von Suiziden und Todesfällen, die mit Drogen und Alkohol...

Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the US. This trend is driven by deaths from drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related diseases, termed as deaths of despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In...

Die Lebenserwartung der deutschen Bevölkerung steigt nicht nur im Zeitverlauf, sondern divergiert auch innerhalb der Jahrgänge zunehmend. Untersuchungen auf Basis von Administrativdaten der deutschen Rentenversicherung für westdeutsche, männliche Arbeitnehmer erlauben Rückschlüsse darauf,...

Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the US. This trend is driven by deaths from drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related diseases, termed as deaths of despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In...

In the policy debate, there are regular demands to further increase the retirement age to address the financial challenges for the pension system. However, a prolonged working life impacts a person's health. Detailed data from the statutory health insurance companies shows that abolishing the...

An accident, a chronic illness, or even a congenital disability are common causes of a loss of earning capacity. Although the loss of earned income is insured through the reduced earning capacity pension in the statutory pension insurance scheme, the amount received is so low that people with...

Knapp fünf Millionen Menschen haben Ende des Jahres 2022 Leistungen der sozialen Pflegeversicherung bezogen - rund zwei Millionen mehr als sechs Jahre zuvor. Maßgeblicher Grund für den starken Anstieg der Zahl der Leistungsempfänger*innen ist die Pflegereform im Jahr 2017. Der Großteil der...

We use social security records to document heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and we analyze how this longevity gap has evolved over cohorts. We provide evidence that the earnings-related longevity gap is increasing over cohorts in West Germany. Further, we propose a...

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...

This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to the ranking in the gender pay gap, where Germany has also...