Population ageing increases fiscal pressure by increasing the aged to working-age ratio, which simultaneously reduces the growth in government revenue and increases government social outlays. This study evaluates proposed tax and economic growth policies to meet the population ageing induced...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat entschieden, dass die Erhebung einheitlicher Beitragssätze in der Gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung für Personen mit und ohne Kinder gegen den Gleichheitsgrundsatz der Verfassung verstoße. In dieser Arbeit prüfen wir unterschiedliche Argumente dafür,...

How much retirement income is needed in order to maintain one’s living standard at old age? As it is difficult to find a firm basis for an empirical treatment of this question, we employ a novel approach to assessing an adequate replacement rate vis-à-vis income in the pre-retirement period....