Die Finanzmarktkrise von 2008 und in deren Gefolge die "Große Rezession" sowie Staatsschuldenkrisen in verschiedenen EU-Ländern haben einschneidende Reformen der Alterssicherungssysteme ausgelöst, die die Finanzierung der Renten kurz- und langfristig sicherstellen, fiskalischen...

The paper investigates paid work beyond retirement age in Germany and the UK. This comprises a combination of work, payments from a pension (or several pensions) and old age which is counter to the assumed finality of retirement and the corresponding standardised passage from end of work into...

The Country Reports on the State of Social Policy Research are published from time to time in the Working Paper Series of the Center for Social Policy. An experienced scientist offers an overview of the central institutions and persons in comparative and national social policy research in his or...

Robert Putnam hatte 1995 mit seinem Aufsatz "Bowling Alone" und seiner umfassenden Studie gleichen Titels im Sommer 2000 für Furore gesorgt, in denen er einen Verlust der gesellschaftlichen Bindekräfte und den Niedergang des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements, kurz: ein Schwinden des...

Conceptualising employment and volunteering as two distinct forms of social inclusion, Susanne Strauss analyses their interrelations in Germany and Great Britain. On the basis of household panel data, she answers questions such as: Does job loss lead people to give up their volunteer work? Or do...