, we exploit (early) retirement cutoffs by way of a regression discontinuity design. Several German pension reforms since …

, we exploit (early) retirement cutoffs by way of a regression discontinuity design. Several German pension reforms since …

, we exploit (early) retirement cutoffs by way of a regression discontinuity design. Several German pension reforms since …

means of decomposition methods using German micro-data of the survey 'Alterssicherung in Deutschland' (ASID). The Gender … Pension Gap has decreased but still amounts to about 60% as of 2007. We find that this gap is mainly explained by differences … in labor market experience and education. The gap is especially high at the lower end of the pension income distribution …

Since its inception, the traditional form of providing survivor benefits within public pension schemes has lost much of … substitute for non-derived pension entitlements based on the surviving spouse's own contributions, they can also lead to … shows how it could be resolved by jointly annuitizing a given couple's pension entitlements. …