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...

Where there was a settled political geography of state power and responsibilities, the remarkable growth of global finance has put enormous pressure on national economic, political and social institutions. Furthermore, the looming crisis facing many continental European social security systems...

[OBJECTIVES:] This study reports the findings of the first cross-national survey experiment on the effects of information on the expected retirement age. Given the drawbacks of unrealistic retirement expectations, the study examines the impacts of nonpartisan information about future demographic...

In diesem Beitrag werden ausgewählte grundsätzliche Probleme und Möglichkeiten, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Kapitaldeckung, der Alterssicherung in Deutschland und der europäischen Union diskutiert. Konkret eingegangen wird auf die Themen Beitragssatz, Rentenniveau, Altersarmut,...