To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...

To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...

To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...

Die Lebenserwartung der deutschen Bevölkerung steigt nicht nur im Zeitverlauf, sondern divergiert auch innerhalb der Jahrgänge zunehmend. Untersuchungen auf Basis von Administrativdaten der deutschen Rentenversicherung für westdeutsche, männliche Arbeitnehmer erlauben Rückschlüsse darauf,...

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...

Die Lebenserwartung der deutschen Bevölkerung steigt nicht nur im Zeitverlauf, sondern divergiert auch innerhalb der Jahrgänge zunehmend. Untersuchungen auf Basis von Administrativdaten der deutschen Rentenversicherung für westdeutsche, männliche Arbeitnehmer erlauben Rückschlüsse darauf,...

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...