Reforms of the public pension systems are on top of the European policy agenda. Current costs are high, and the pressures will increase due to population aging and negative incentive effects. This paper describes the causes of the current pension problems and the cures required to make the...

Housing Demand in Germany and Japan Paper in memoriam of Stephen Mayo

This mea discussion paper presents excerpts of the International Savings Comparison Project covering household savings behaviour in seven countries. The whole series of comparative country studies can be found in a special issue of the journal “Research in Economics”, Volume 55, Number 2,...

Ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the 21st century in Europe. SHARE, a EU-sponsored project that will build up a Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe, will be a fundamental resource for science and public policy to help mastering this unprecedented...

Mit der Rentenreform 2001 wurde die so genannte Riester-Rente geschaffen. Sie soll die Rentenlücke schließen, die durch die Anpassung der umlagefinanzierten gesetzlichen Rente an die demographische Entwicklung entstehen wird. In dieser Studie wird untersucht, ob dies gelingt und von welchen...