scheme, the amount received is so low that people with reduced earning capacity are at very high risk of poverty and there is … potentially reduce the risk of poverty by around eight percent, there continues to be an above-average likelihood of people with … reduced earning capacity being affected by poverty. In addition, those affected have a low life expectancy, meaning that a …

responding to changes in their financial incentives to work. Taken together, our results suggest that the fiscal strengthening …

. -- Austerity measures ; European Union ; Fiscal consolidation ; Poverty ; Microsimulation …

This paper considers the arguments for fundamental pension reform in Germany and the United States. The two countries …

In this paper we perform simulations with a stylized model of the United Kingdom and Germany to show which generations … likely that more than one generation will be direct losers as a result of a transition (especially in Germany). If more than …

politics. We evaluate how political constraints shape the social security system in six countries - France, Germany, Italy …

-balancing social protection spending without necessarily compromising distributional objectives. -- inequality ; poverty ; social …