Increasing retirement ages in an automatic or scheduled way with increasing life expectancy at retirement is a popular pension policy response to continuous longevity improvements. The question addressed here is: to what extent is simply adopting this approach likely to fulfill the overall goals...

Der Mittelstand befürchtet durch die Neufassung der Baseler Eigenkapitalrichtlinien für Kreditinstitute Finanzierungsschwierigkeiten. Welche Bedeutung haben Bankkredite gegenwärtig bei der Finanzierung mittelständischer Unternehmen? Wird es als Folge von Basel II zu einer Kreditverknappung...

The importance of benefit portability is increasing in line with the growing number of migrants wishing to bring acquired social rights from their host country back to their country of residence. Failing to enable such portability risks impeding international labor mobility or jeopardizing...

This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two nonmember states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are...