Recent fiscal policies have aimed to stimulate household spending. In 2008, most households received one-time economic stimulus payments. In 2009, most working households received the Making Work Pay tax credit in the form of reduced withholding; other households, mainly retirees, received...

"Recent fiscal policies have aimed to stimulate household spending. In 2008, most households received one-time economic stimulus payments. In 2009, most working households received the Making Work Pay tax credit in the form of reduced withholding; other households, mainly retirees, received...

Angesichts der gesellschaftlichen Alterung ist es aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht unabdingbar, ältere Menschen stärker in das Wirtschaftsgeschehen zu integrieren, einerseits um dem sich abzeichnenden Fachkräftemangel bei Jüngeren entgegenzuwirken, andererseits um den Sozialstaat zu...