The pension reforms of the years 2000 until 2007 were supposed to attenuate the foreseeable effects of demographic change on the pension system. This is why the retirement age was raised, the pension level was lowered and a so-called sustainability factor ("Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor") was introduced...

Mit den Rentenreformen der Jahre 2000 bis 2007 sollten die voraussehbaren Wirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf das Rentensystem bewältigt werden. Daher wurden das Rentenalter heraufgesetzt, das Rentenniveau gesenkt und ein so genannter Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor in die Rentenformel eingefügt....

In the following study we examine the level of pensions dependent on the different pension systems in the private and public sector and dependent on the level of income in Germany for the year 2012. Regarding the percentage of the net wage to the net income before retirement the differences...

The pension reforms of the beginning of this century left their marks. The pension level has dropped sharply. Compared with 1989 results suggest a reduction of almost 14 percent nowadays. Further reductions are announced with the consequence of threatening old age poverty particularly for low...