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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 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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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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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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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 …
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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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Germany is in a dilemma. Low wage competition via product and factor markets increases the demands on the welfare state …
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Die Regierung hat die Ausweitung des Mainzer Modells auf ganz Deutschland beschlossen und sich somit zu einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik bekannt, die darauf basiert, dass statt des Nichtstuns die Arbeit subventioniert wird. Allerdings kann das Mainzer Modell das Problem der Arbeitslosigkeit nur...
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Deutschland verwandelt sich aufgrund der geringen Geburtenrate allmählich in eine »Gerontokratie«. Diese Entwicklung hat fatale Folgen für die Funktionsfähigkeit der staatlichen Sozialsysteme, insbesondere für die Rentenversicherung, denn es fehlen die Beitragszahler, die zukünftig zur...
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In seiner Rede beim 3. Munich Economic Summit am 18. Juni 2004 nahm Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn Stellung zur neuen EU-Freizügigkeitsrichtlinie. Er warnte vor einer Gefahr der Erosion des Sozialstaates, die durch die Freizügigkeit und volle soziale Inklusion entstehen werde....
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