Knowledge-based capital is a key factor for productivity growth. Over the past 15 years, it has been increasingly recognised that knowledge-based capital comprises much more than technological knowledge and that these other components are essential for understanding productivity developments and...

The life-cycle hypothesis implies that consumption would not decline at retirement. However, several studies found relevant declines in food consumption after retirement for the United States. Others concluded that this contradiction of the life-cycle hypothesis is solved by allowing for broader...

Mit der Begründung drohender Altersarmut wird seit einiger Zeit bereits die Eingliederung der bislang nicht gesetzlich versicherten Selbstständigen in die Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung diskutiert. Allerdings ist empirisch sehr wenig über die Altersvorsorge und die Vermögenssituation der...