Public pay-as-you-go pensions still form the dominant pillar of old-age provision in Germany. This is in marked … recovery from the Great Recession. It has disadvantages, as Germany will be ageing very rapidly in the near future. Following a …

This paper examines how families adjust their private old-age savings in response to a change in individual pension …): 1998, 2003 and 2008. All results indicate that families do not adjust their private old-age savings in response to the … does not crowd-out old-age private savings. Hence, child care pension benefits increase a mother's old-age income without …