Riester pensions are voluntary, but heavily subsidized private pension schemes in Germany. They were designed as a … recently introduced "Riester pensions" depends on the state-provided saving incentives and how well the targeting to families … changes, Riester pension plans took off very quickly. While saving incentives were effective in reaching parents, they were …

After a slow start and several design changes, Riester pension plans took off very quickly. While saving incentives … pension savings totaled €9.4bn in 2010 with an associated cost of €3.5bn. One average one Euro of subsidies is thus associated …Riester pensions are voluntary, but heavily subsidized private pension schemes in Germany. They were designed as a …

If there is a means tested basic income for old age, households will tend to reduce precautionary savings to an … income types where compulsory savings are found to be Pareto improving only up to a point. Increases in contribution rates … system (with intragenerational fairness) plays a role similar to compulsor y savings in preventing the savings moral hazard …