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The Pay-As You-Go Pension System as a Fertility Insurance and Enforcement Device
Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
It is argued that a PAYGO system may have useful allocative functions in that it serves as an insurance against not having children and as an enforcement device for 'rotten kids' who are unwilling to pay their parents a pension. It is true that the system has a moral hazard effect in terms of...
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The Crisis of Germany's Pension Insurance System and How It Can Be Resolved
Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
The paper discusses the options for a reform of the German pension system using a model developed at CES for the German Council of economic advisors to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Research. It is argued that the German pay-as-you-go-system is efficient in a present value sense but will...
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When will the Germans get trapped in their pension system?
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Übelmesser, Silke - 2001
The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamentalreforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms …. After 2023, Germany will be characterizedby a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the fearthat …
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The Value of Children and Immigrants in a Pay-as-You-Go Pension System : A Proposal for a Partial Transition to a Funded System
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1998
endowed with individual accounts equals the gross contributions of this member. In Germany, this is an amount of about DM 175 …
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When Will the Germans Get Trapped in Their Pension System?
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Uebelmesser, Silke - 2021
The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamental reforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms … enforced. After 2023, Germany will be characterized by a gerontocratic system where the old decide over the young. Only the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320801
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The Crisis of Germany's Pension Insurance System and How it Can Be Resolved
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021
The paper discusses the options for a reform of the German pension system using a model developed at CES for the German Council of economic advisors to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Research. It is argued that the German pay-as-you-go-system is efficient in a present value sense but will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320936
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The Threat to the German Welfare State
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021
Germany is in a dilemma. Low wage competition via product and factor markets increases the demands on the welfare state …
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The Value of Children and Immigrants in a Pay-As-You-Go Pension System: A Proposal for a Partial Transition to a Funded System
Sinn, Hans-Werner - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997
endowed with individual accounts equals the gross contributions" of this member. In Germany, this is an amount of about DM 175 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830911
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Die zentralen Elemente der Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Holzner, Christian; Meister, Wolfgang; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 04, pp. 48-53
Das Konzept der Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe besteht im Wesentlichen aus einer auf 500 € erhöhten Hinzuverdienstgrenze beim Arbeitslosengeld II, einer individuellen Lohnsteuergutschrift für die ersten 200 € in Höhe der Arbeitgebersozialbeiträge nebst einem Erlass der...
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Das demographische Defizit – die Fakten, die Folgen, die Ursachen und die Politikimplikationen
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 21, pp. 03-23
Deutschland altert schneller als fast alle Länder dieser Welt und hat weniger Neugeborene in Relation zu seiner Bevölkerung als jedes andere entwickelte Land dieser Erde. Diese Entwicklung hat fatale Folgen für die Funktionsfähigkeit der staatlichen Sozialsysteme, insbesondere für die...
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