Die Studie beschäftigt sich emipirisch zum einen mit den Auswirkungen der Konjunktur - und dabei auch die der derzeitigen Krise - auf die Einnahmen und Ausgaben der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Zum anderen werden auch die Rentenreformen des vergangenen Jahrzehnts mit ihren Rückwirkungen...

The 2014 pension reform has three main components. First disability pensions have been increased by about two earnings points, an average monthly gain of 40 euros. In addition low wages in the four years preceding disability-related retirement will now be disregarded. However, since these new...

Thanks to the reform process between 1992 and 2007, Germany was in a very good position to master demographic change. These reforms were farsighted, they stabilised the public pension system and they significantly increased employment, the foundation of every old age provision. The “Pension...

Demographic change inevitably shifts the balance between contributors and recipients in the pension system. Moreover, in the German pension system benefit levels are closely linked to the current state of economic prosperity. Therefore, in the coming decades stabilisation of old-age security...