This paper analyzes pension reforms in Europe and their determinants. As pension reforms are intrinsically difficult to define and pinpoint, we introduce an alternative measure of pension reforms by comparing long-term forecasts of pension expenditures for seventeen European countries. The...

In der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion wird derzeit das Risiko zunehmender Altersarmut in Ostdeutschland thematisiert. Begründet wird dies unter anderem mit der hohen Arbeitslosigkeit und den dadurch unterbrochenen Erwerbsbiographien sowie den oftmals niedrigen Arbeitseinkommen, die nur geringe...

This paper analyzes pension reforms in Europe and their determinants. As pension reforms are intrinsically difficult to define and pinpoint, we introduce an alternative measure of pension reforms by comparing long-term forecasts of pension expenditures for seventeen European countries. The...