Many US workers receive a large portion of their lifetime compensation in the form of retirement pensions. How do changes in pensions vis à vis salaries affect labor supply and retirement? This paper examines the retirement responses to a reform that changed salaries and pensions of public...

The paper examines the effect of population ageing on public education spending. On the one hand, ageing is expected to have a negative effect on education, as an increasing number of retirees results in ‘intergenerational conflict' and, hence, the condemnation of education expenditure. On the...

In this paper we examine the effect of the demographic transition on public education, pension spending and the interaction between them. In particular, we investigate the theoretical prediction that the structure of PAYG pension systems, alongside population ageing, offers incentives for the...

To our knowledge, this paper provides the first study evaluating the effects of higher education for adults on the timing of retirement. Using detailed longitudinal population register data 1982–2010, we track first-time enrollees in higher education in 1992–1993. Our sample is aged 42–55...

Poor heath, large acute and long-term care medical expenses, and spousal death are significant drivers of impoverishment among retirees. We document these facts and build a rich, overlapping generations model that reproduces them. We use the model to assess the incentive and welfare effects of...

This paper investigates the fiscal pressure from demographic change in relation to the labour marketspace for fifty countries that cover 75% of the world population. The pressure-to-space indicator ranks Poland, Turkey and Greece high. Apart from Turkey and India, developing countries rank low...

Poor heath, large acute and long-term care medical expenses, and spousal death are significant drivers of impoverishment among retirees. We document these facts and build a rich, overlapping generations model that reproduces them. We use the model to assess the incentive and welfare effects of...

Der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge kommt mit dem demografischen und erwerbsstrukturellen Wandel eine wachsende Bedeutung zu. Dabei wird häufig nur die Höhe der Rente bei Erstbezug betrachtet. Die Leistungen während der Bezugszeit werden im Hinblick auf die Lebensstandardsicherung kaum...

This paper provides the results of analyses of key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine. The pension systems and their reforms in both countries are compared. They are also compared with the general picture observed in the OECD or selected countries...

Das Rentenniveau wird für zukünftige Rentnergenerationen regelgebunden sinken. Deshalb erfordert eine Absicherung des Lebensstandards im Alter - wie mit den Rentenreformen Anfang der 2000er Jahre eingeleitet - neben der gesetzlichen Rente eine private und betriebliche Vorsorge. Allerdings sind...