The German pension system was the first formal pension system in the world, designed by Bismarck nearly 120 years ago. It has been very successful in providing high and reliable pension levels at reasonable contribution rates. While the generosity of the German pension system is considered a...

Notional defined contribution (NDC) systems have strongly been being debated in the worldwide pension literature in the past years. This paper deals with the feasibility of such NDC systems. The focus is on the German case, where the recent 2004 pension reform introduced a so-called...

This book is unique as it presents an academic and a practical aspect on managing pension funds to clarify the global debate on social security. The authors establish the basic choices in designating any system to help policy makers develop the system that achieves their many objectives

The paper analyses the impact of demographic developments on the German pension system until the year 2060. The projections are simulated for a range of assumptions on the latest demographic trends and on the labour market and comprise the latest pension legislation. As a central innovation we...

Die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung hat die Prognos AG beauftragt, verschiedene Alternativen zur Umfinanzierung der Alterssicherung zu untersuchen. Der Untersuchungsauftrag umfasst insgesamt fünf Finanzierungsvarianten, die ausgehend von einer Referenzrechnung auf der Basis geltenden Rechts jeweils...