Die umlagefinanzierte gesetzliche Rentenversicherung kann angesichts der demografischen Entwicklung eine auskömmliche Versorgung im Alter bald nicht mehr sichern. Indem die Bürger:innen über eine kapitalgedeckte Alterssicherung am Unternehmensvermögen mittelbar beteiligt werden, könnte die...

Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine und die Abhängigkeit der deutschen Energiewirtschaft von russischem Gas führen aktuell zu einer sehr angespannten Versorgungssituation, die sich im kommenden Winter noch verschärfen könnte. Auch mittelfristig dürfte der Importpreis für Erdgas deutlich...

Increasing labour shortages are mainly due to demographic developments - specifically the baby boom in Germany, with a strong peak in the early 1960s. Despite strong immigration in recent years, the ratio of 20-24 year-olds to 60-64 year-olds was only 75 to 100 in 2021, and if younger cohorts...

In dieser Studie wird eine Methodik beschrieben, mit der die Entwicklung von Beschäftigung und Fachkräftemangel fünf Jahre in die Zukunft fortgeschrieben werden kann. Dabei wird angenommen, dass sich die empirisch feststellbaren Trends der jüngeren Vergangenheit unverändert fortsetzen. Die...

Germany should pay more attention to risks in procurement, manufacturing and sales in China. First, China's population has been shrinking since 2022 and is rapidly ageing; this will cause its economic strength as well as production and consumption opportuni-ties to decrease. Secondly, the threat...

Current plans to permanently fix the level of benefits provided by the German Statutory Pension Scheme are at odds with the reality of demographic ageing and the requirements for sustainable pension policies. Instead, the causes of the ageing process ought to be addressed through poten-tially...

Germany faces complex challenges in ensuring adequate pensions and the financial sustainability of its pension system amid demographic aging, necessitating comprehensive reforms. The Focus Group on Private Pensions has proposed measures to reform the private Riester pension scheme, advocating,...

In the coming years, the pension system in Germany will face financial challenges. The insurance within pension system must also be strengthened, especially given that the risk of old-age poverty has increased over the years. An effective basic pension that guarantees a minimum amount and is...

In the German pension debate, reform options are repeatedly proposed that are doomed to failure right from the start as they cannot be legally implemented to begin with. One of these is the inclusion of civil servants in the German state pension scheme. This option, however, is prohibited by the...

This paper investigates empirical evidence on the linkage between entrepreneurial aging of the workforce and firm growth. More precisely, it aims to analyse the impact of aging on employment growth in the context of extreme growth events. Basically, the study is conducted to capture the overall...