of the elderly in Japan. Using four waves of individual-level annual data from the Japanese General Social Survey … increasingly more consistent in their support for a government-based social security system in Japan. …

Japan's household saving rate showed great volatility, was often low and even negative, and was high only during the 25-year … trends over time in, Japan's household saving rate via various socioeconomic and policy variables. This seems to suggest that … their children than other peoples, suggesting that the alleged social norm of strong family ties in Japan is largely a myth …

of expected pension receipt. Current pension policy in Germany runs counter to this insight, though, leading to even …

Rente mit 67 wurden in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren umfangreiche Rentenreformen verabschiedet. Diese jüngsten Maßnahmen …

Like in many other OECD countries, the population will age rapidly in Germany during the next decades. This undermines … the demographic transition in Germany. Given the current unfunded pension system, the model first calculates a baseline …

-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a …

-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a …